These are good times to be a cardiologist in Salt Lake City. In the absence of great aspirations, the Utah Jazz have managed to give their fans a season full of strong emotions and heart-stopping endings, in which tight scores like the one last morning are far from being a rare bird. Will Hardy’s men fell 110-111 yesterday in Brooklyn in a clash that made them enter NBA history in a strange way, not because of the defeat but because of their ways.
And it is that the duel against the Nets was the 11th game of the Jazz this season to be decided by a single point of difference, a mark that means equaling the historical record in an entire regular league. According to data from ESPNthose from Utah tied with the Chicago Bulls in the 1972-73 season, and they have four more games ahead of them with which to try to hold this particular solo record.
| Date | Rival | Highlighter |
| 23/10 | New Orleans Pelicans | 122-121 |
| 29/10 | Memphis Grizzlies | 124-123 |
| 18/11 | Phoenix Suns | 134-133 |
| 26/11 | Phoenix Suns | 112-113 |
| 7/12 | Golden State Warriors | 124-123 |
| 30/12 | Sacramento Kings | 125-126 |
| 14/1 | Philadelphia 76ers | 117-118 |
| 16/1 | The Minnesota Timberwolves | 126-125 |
| 23/2 | Oklahom City Thunder | 120-119 |
| 18/3 | Boston Celtics | 118-117 |
| 2/4 | Brooklyn Nets | 110-111 |
The Jazz have signed a record of 7-4 in the games decided in this way, demonstrating a great competitive capacity for a team that was supposedly going to occupy the last positions of the table. Although, as seen, a little more bad luck in a couple of decisive pitches could have helped them improve their options for the next draft lottery.
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