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• Utah Jazz at Sacramento Kings preview: Slumping Jazz aim for payback

  24-11-2018 23:45
  The Utah Jazz will look to earn some payback on Sunday against a Sacramento Kings team that thoroughly outplayed them earlier in the week. It’s been a rough stretch for the Utah Jazz and their loyal fans as the team has suffered three straight losses and dropped five of their last six contests. That poor […]
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• Dog shoots man — sort of — in Box Elder County

  24-11-2018 23:16
  A duck hunter was shot and wounded when a dog apparently knocked over a gun, causing it to fire on Friday in West Corinne.According to the Box Elder County Sheriff’s Office — whose officers had not had a chance to interview either the victim or the one human witness as of Saturday — two men were in a duck blind at the Chesapeake Duck Club at about 4 p.m. Friday when when of them stood up to stretch. One of their dogs got excited and tried to exit the blind and “in the pro
  
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• Morning snow gives way to sunny skies on Sunday and Monday

  24-11-2018 23:12
  Enjoy (or hate) the snow while it lasts.By afternoon the rain and snow will have ended in Salt Lake Valley and the forecast calls for sunny skies by Sunday.Most Wasatch Front areas received around a half inch of precipitation, while bench areas got closer to an inch. A couple of reporting stations in Cache County — Mendon and Wellsville — topped 1.3 inches, according to the National Weather Service.Ski resorts reported new accumulations of up to 11 inches in the last 24 hours at Brig
  
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• Performers say its a big step for a rural community: Utah State University hosts its first drag show

  24-11-2018 23:11
  It took Tyler Jones several hours, three sets of fake eyelashes, a towering blond wig and a pair of 6-inch stilettos to become Anya Bacon. Oh, and a pair of couch cushions that he reconfigured into “new lady hips.”“Honey,” Bacon declared in a cheeky drawl when the transformation was done, “I look good.”She danced toward the stage, lining up behind the black curtain, and when her name was called, strutted out to lip sync to her favorite Lily Allen song: “
  
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• Navajos seek court order to fix signatures on early ballots

  24-11-2018 23:00
  Flagstaff, Ariz. • The Navajo Nation is seeking a court order to allow tribal members to fix problems with signatures on early ballots in Arizona’s general election — a request that could delay the state from certifying ballots next month.Voters statewide were given more time to address mismatched signatures after Republicans alleged in a lawsuit that Maricopa and Pima counties contacted voters illegally after Election Day about signatures on ballot envelopes that didn't match t
  
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• Republican Rep. Mia Love concedes to Democrat Ben McAdams in Utah’s 4th District

  24-11-2018 22:43
  Two-term Republican Rep. Mia Love called Democratic challenger Ben McAdams on Saturday to concede in Utah’s close 4th Congressional District race.McAdams tweeted around 11 a.m. Saturday that he had just received a call from Love, who “graciously” congratulated him on winning the election.Today, I spoke with Rep. Mia Love who called to graciously congratulate me on the outcome of the election. I thanked her for her service to our state and country. I wish her the best. There&rsq
  
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• Did last season’s finish make the Jazz overconfident? ‘It hasn’t gone how anybody anticipated.’

  24-11-2018 22:29
  Los Angeles • Here are a couple of simple questions with perhaps not-so-simple answers:Did the Jazz come into this season overconfident? Did the combination of last season’s incredible 29-6 stretch run and the return of nearly that entire roster create the false impression of an ability to flip the proverbial switch when needed?It’s worth asking, considering a team that was pegged as one of the Western Conference’s elite based on the strength of its continuity and familiar
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz editorial: Team needs clarity on the Derrick Favors front

  24-11-2018 22:01 via sportspyder.com
  As ever, the marriage between big man Derrick Favors and his team for the last seven years, the Utah Jazz, remains an imperfect one. I've got a serious pro...
  
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• Utah Jazz editorial: Team needs clarity on the Derrick Favors front

  24-11-2018 21:45
  As ever, the marriage between big man Derrick Favors and his team for the last seven years, the Utah Jazz, remains an imperfect one. I’ve got a serious problem, guys. Despite the fact that I’m pushing 40 and have a child of my own now, my adolescent tendency to roll around the world in old […]
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• ‘Trib Talk’: Rep.-elect Ben McAdams is “not a fan” of the Trump administration, but says he wants to work together

  24-11-2018 21:28
  After two long weeks of counting votes, and counting more votes, and counting even more votes, election results were finalized by Utah’s counties on Tuesday and the competitive 4th District race was called for Democrat Ben McAdams. The result bookended an unpredictable and at-times nasty campaign between McAdams and Republican Rep. Mia Love, with polling and early vote totals ping-ponging back and forth between the two candidates.With McAdams' election, Utah will have a Democratic represen
  
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• Rep. Mia Love concedes to Ben McAdams in Utah’s 4th District

  24-11-2018 21:20
  Two-term Republican Rep. Mia Love called Democratic challenger on Saturday Ben McAdams to concede in Utah’s close 4th Congressional District race.McAdams tweeted around 11 a.m. Saturday that he had just received a call from Love, who “graciously” congratulated him on winning the race.Today, I spoke with Rep. Mia Love who called to graciously congratulate me on the outcome of the election. I thanked her for her service to our state and country. I wish her the best. There’s
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Utah Jazz Mailbag! Answers to questions about Donovan Mitchell, Rudy Gobert, Ricky Rubio and more!

  24-11-2018 21:14 via sportspyder.com
  Today, we answer loads of Utah Jazz-related questions from Twitter.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Rep. Mia Love concedes to Ben McAdams in Utah’s 4th District

  24-11-2018 20:18 via sportspyder.com
  Two-term Republican Rep. Mia Love called Democratic challenger on Saturday Ben McAdams to concede in Utah’s close 4th Congressional District race.
  
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• Team up with the Jazz and Stella H. Oaks Foundation to help single moms. Donate a toy valued at $20+ and receive a… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  24-11-2018 20:15 via twitter.com
  Team up with the Jazz and Stella H. Oaks Foundation to help single moms. Donate a toy valued at $20+ and receive a… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: If it lingers, Donovan Mitchell injury could mean bad times

  24-11-2018 20:14 via sportspyder.com
  Utah Jazz star Donovan Mitchell took a shot to the ribs against the LA Lakers. The injury could not have come at a worse time for his team. Losing to the L...
  
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• Global Catholic nuns urge reporting of sex abuse to police

  24-11-2018 20:00
  Rome • The Catholic Church’s global organization of nuns has denounced the “culture of silence and secrecy” surrounding sexual abuse in the church and is urging sisters who have been abused to report the crimes to police and their superiors.The International Union of Superiors General, which represents more than 500,000 sisters worldwide, vowed to help nuns who have been abused to find the courage to report it, and pledged to help victims heal and seek justice.The statemen
  
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• Commentary: Chenoweth should bow out of Tabernacle Choir concert

  24-11-2018 20:00
  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced last month that Broadway star Kristin Chenoweth will be the featured performer and narrator at this year’s annual Christmas concert series by its Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square. Her starring participation in three shows on behalf of the LDS Church is just as surprising as it is disheartening.Chenoweth has long been a strong ally of the LGBTQ community. She has always advocated for LGBTQ equality, often talking about her best frie
  
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• Utah Jazz: If it lingers, Donovan Mitchell injury could mean bad times

  24-11-2018 19:57
  Utah Jazz star Donovan Mitchell took a shot to the ribs against the LA Lakers. The injury could not have come at a worse time for his team. Losing to the LA Lakers always feels like a gut punch if you’re a longtime fan of the Utah Jazz. The team’s 90-83 loss to the Lakers […]
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• This morning’s snow will give way to sunny skies on Sunday and Monday

  24-11-2018 19:54
  Enjoy (or hate) the snow while it lasts.By afternoon the rain and snow will have ended in Salt Lake Valley and the forecast calls for sunny skies by Sunday.Most Wasatch Front areas received around a half inch of precipitation, while bench areas got closer to an inch. A couple of reporting stations in Cache County — Mendon and Wellsville — topped 1.3 inches, according to the National Weather Service.Ski resorts reported new accumulations of up to 11 inches in the last 24 hours at Brig
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - What the heck is going wrong in the Utah Jazz’s disappointing 8-11 start to season?

  24-11-2018 19:47 via sportspyder.com
  While many national media outlets projected the Jazz to be amongst the Western Conference’s elite, that hasn’t been the case as the Jazz fell to 8-11 after Friday’s 90-83 loss to the Los...
  
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• What the heck is going wrong in the Utah Jazz’s disappointing 8-11 start to season?

  24-11-2018 19:42
  LOS ANGELES — From taking group trips to NBA Summer League games in Las Vegas to routinely cracking jokes via social media, the Utah Jazz's team camaraderie seems to be rare in this day and age.However, that off-court togetherness hasn't always translated on the court through the first 19 games of the 2018-19 season.While many national media outlets projected the Jazz to be amongst the Western Conference's elite, that hasn't been the case as the Jazz fell to 8-11 after Friday's 90-83 loss
  
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• Men’s basketball preview: Utah vs. Northwestern in Wooden Legacy consolation game

  24-11-2018 19:25
  🎥Recap | Utah vs Grand Canyon#GoUtes🏀🔴 | #WoodenLegacy pic.twitter.com/tiTRiW0y2G— Utah Basketball (@UtahMBB) November 24, 2018
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: Poor shooting in LA a microcosm of season’s bigger issue

  24-11-2018 19:18 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz had a dismal shooting night in their most recent contest in Los Angeles. Unfortunately, that kind of performance is becoming more the norm th...
  
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• George Pyle: What a nongerrymandered Utah might look like

  24-11-2018 19:11
  The Republicans who controlled the Utah Legislature in 2011 did their level best to draw four congressional districts that would create safe seats for their fellow pachyderms in the elections to come.They didn’t do what fairness and respect for communities of interest would have dictated — making the bulk of Salt Lake County one district in the middle and then creating three others to encompass the rest of the state.Instead, like Caesar in Gaul, they divided all of Salt Lake County i
  
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• Our partners at #Subaru are passionate about using the #SharetheLove platform to positively impact their local comm… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  24-11-2018 18:20 via twitter.com
  Our partners at #Subaru are passionate about using the #SharetheLove platform to positively impact their local comm… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Larsen: The Washington Wizards have all kinds of problems, and they start at the top

  24-11-2018 18:03
  It’s time for change in Washington.Okay, you’ve probably heard that slogan before. But this time, we’re talking about the Washington Wizards, the NBA’s premier underachieving team for the last four decades. Yes, the Wizards, formerly Bullets, haven’t won 50 games in a season since 1978-79. Imagine! Where names like the Clippers, Kings, and Nets stand for futility, Washington’s franchise should be synonymous with mediocrity. Maybe they only avoided that through
  
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• [The Runner Sports] - Lakers Grind Out Win Against Utah Jazz

  24-11-2018 17:54 via sportspyder.com
  Despite their lowest point output of the season, the Los Angeles Lakers held the Utah Jazz under 100 to take the W & remain on their trend of good results.
  
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• Ruling in genital mutilation case shocks women’s advocates

  24-11-2018 17:00
  Minneapolis • Women’s rights advocates said they were shocked when a federal judge in Michigan ruled this week that a law protecting girls from genital mutilation was unconstitutional. They called his decision a serious blow to girls' rights. Legal experts said the judge made clear that U.S. states have authority to ban the practice, though only about half do.Here is a look at the ruling, which dismissed several charges against a doctor accused of cutting nine girls in three states as
  
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• [Sporting News] - Donovan Mitchell injury update: Jazz guard leaves Lakers game with bruised ribs

  24-11-2018 15:44 via sportspyder.com
  Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell left in the second quarter and did not return in Utah's 90-83 loss Friday to the Los Angeles Lakers.
  
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• What makes a California wildfire the worst? Deaths and size.

  24-11-2018 15:00
  The so-called Camp Fire in Northern California in many ways has become the worst wildfire in the history of a state whose topography and climate have long made it ripe for devastating blazes.With terrain ranging from steep, tree-topped mountains to dry, brush-covered hillsides, and matched with a climate that frequently varies from light rainy seasons to drought years, California has been home to deadly, destructive wildfires since record-keeping began in the early 20th century.Figuring out just
  
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• Stan McChrystal: Americans need to aside icons like Robert E. Lee to live up to our potential

  24-11-2018 15:00
  From my earliest days, Robert E. Lee felt close at hand. I attended Washington and Lee High School in Arlington, Virginia, and began my soldier’s life at Lee’s alma mater, the U.S. Military Academy. Today, if Lee still lived in his childhood home in Alexandria, Virginia, we would be neighbors. So it felt appropriate, when I was a young Army lieutenant, that my wife bought me an inexpensive painting of the famed Southern warrior. And from the wall of the many quarters we occupied over
  
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• Salt Lake City’s ‘street without a street’ is a 90-year-old hidden gem —one that homeowners and historians hope to preserve

  24-11-2018 15:00
  Debbie Wafford remembers as a child being fascinated by what she and her family called the “street with no street.”Every time they would drive to the grocery store, she said, they would catch a glimpse of the one-block subdivision, running east to west between Salt Lake City’s Main and State streets at about 1800 South.Two rows of cottages surround a large grassy courtyard with sidewalks and trees. With gabled roofs, white trim, diamond-pane windows and rounded front doors, the
  
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• Rich Lowry: Trump should be wary of Uncle Joe Biden

  24-11-2018 15:00
  Joe Biden is a gaffe-prone 75-year-old Washington veteran — who is exactly what Democrats need.The suburbs have turned against Republicans, but Donald Trump’s working-class base is still with him in a geographic and demographic stand-off that will — absent a game-changer — define the 2020 election.The play for Democrats should be obvious: Make a serious appeal to Trump’s voters, take back the Blue Wall states of Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania, and win the pres
  
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• Letter: Will ‘The Church’ override the will of the people on medical marijuana?

  24-11-2018 15:00
  "We the people" have spoken through the democratic process of the ballot concerning medical marijuana. But The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its acolytes have disagreed with the majority of Utah voters. As usual, they believe they know best. So they have asked (demanded?) the Utah Legislature to convene in a special session Dec. 3 to "redo" Proposition 2, in the manner they envision it, into Utah law. In an undemocratic process, the Legislature is expected to carry forward the
  
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• Letter: Switching to renewable sources is a win-win for PacifCorp and its customers

  24-11-2018 15:00
  PacifiCorp operates two aging and increasingly expensive coal-burning power plants in Utah and passes the increased costs on to its customers. The air pollution the plants emit is shared by all of us. It would be in the best interest for this company to switch to substantially cost-saving alternative energies such as solar and wind.The utility’s massive portfolio of coal-fired generation poses a significant financial risk to its customers. With solar or wind replacement, the potential savi
  
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• Letter: I’m thankful for The Salt Lake Tribune

  24-11-2018 15:00
  Each morning I begin my day with a cup of coffee and The Salt Lake Tribune. This morning I was brought to tears and laughter, was educated, agreed with and disagreed with today’s feast of information: “McAdams ousts Love,” “Global economy showing signs of slowing down,” etc. I was moved by East High School’s support for fellow students. I heartily disagreed with President Donald Trump’s latest debacle. I was profoundly moved by John Dombek’s &ldquo
  
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• Letter: Hatch is no friend of cancer research

  24-11-2018 15:00
  This week, the University of Utah and The Salt Lake Tribune hailed the naming of the new proton therapy center at Huntsman Cancer Institute after Orrin Hatch.It appears that this honor is given to Hatch because he helped raise $100 million for the cancer center. What was never mentioned in these announcements is the many deaths Hatch caused due to his decades of pro-cancer legislation.Hatch received a score of 0 percent from the League of Conservation voters for his record last year. The average
  
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• Letter: Congress can end U.S. participation in Yemen war

  24-11-2018 15:00
  In the fervor and whiplash created by the 24-hour-news cycle, important policy decisions often go unnoticed by a distracted population. This week, obscured by the left’s elation of retaking Congress, there was a morally reprehensible move by the lame-duck House Republicans to block a vote renouncing U.S. support of the Saudi war in Yemen.With tens of thousands killed and millions on the edge of what the UN Human Rights Council has called “mass deaths of starvation,” 13 million
  
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• In era of online retail, Black Friday still lures a crowd

  24-11-2018 15:00
  New York • It would have been easy to turn on their computers at home over plates of leftover turkey and take advantage of the Black Friday deals most retailers now offer online.But across the country, thousands of shoppers flocked to stores on Thanksgiving or woke up before dawn the next day to take part in this most famous ritual of American consumerism.Shoppers spent their holiday lined up outside the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota, by 4 p.m. Thursday, and the crowd had swelle
  
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• Elizabeth Bruenig: Catholic Church’s future depends on making a true confession

  24-11-2018 15:00
  The only thing that can save the Roman Catholic Church in America is the truth, and the truth is going to hurt. This is the choice facing the ecclesial establishment, which must decide either to release its vast records related to clergy sexual abuse, or wait for state and federal investigations to deprive them of those documents by force of law. If the church awaits the latter, then the Pennsylvania grand jury report that sparked this summer's blistering revisitation of the sex-abuse crisis wil
  
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• Commentary: Americans are wildly generous at the holidays. And then it stops.

  24-11-2018 15:00
  For three years, I worked in communications at a large social-service nonprofit in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood. Tenderloin community members face tremendous obstacles: Many are homeless, live far below the poverty line and struggle with mental illness, addictive illness or both. When I worked there, one in four people served in our dining room was a homeless veteran.Thanksgiving was always our busiest time of year.Media arrived in droves to interview staff, guests and volunteers. Com
  
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• Cathy Free: Doctors said my mother was on her deathbed. She just needed bananas.

  24-11-2018 15:00
  A year ago, several days before Thanksgiving, my mother was sent into hospice care to die. She was weak and declining by the hour. Three doctors told us that a nasty blood condition called sepsis would soon stop her heart.I had a hunch they were wrong.The facility near her home in Salt Lake City was short-staffed because it was Thanksgiving weekend. I couldn't persuade a doctor to come in and see her, and I felt as if my window to help her was closing fast.So I spun into action: I called a mobil
  
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• Anne Applebaum: Iran’s regime could fall apart. What happens then?

  24-11-2018 15:00
  We are now more than two weeks into a new sanctions regime on Iran, and it will be a long time before it ends. The secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, has listed 12 conditions that Iran needs to meet before that happens. They include a permanent cessation of Iranian support for revolutionary groups abroad as well as a permanent halt to Iran's nuclear program. By its own definition, the Islamic Republic of Iran is a revolutionary regime dedicated to exporting its form of radical Islam; it's also a t
  
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• Alexandra Petri: Lock her up?

  24-11-2018 15:00
  All the bells clanged in every port, in every steeple of every church. As the somber knell rang out over the entire land, President Trump sat motionless at his window, gazing out over the countryside."You know the penalty, my lord."He nodded. He knew the penalty. That was why the bells tolled.All the flags slid all the way to the bottom of the staff. A velvet drapery was placed over every statue, even the good ones he was annoyed the states were trying to replace. Around the neck of every ox, a
  
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• A Utah school district spent taxpayer money on ads advocating for a $283 million bond last year. That likely broke the law, audit finds.

  24-11-2018 15:00
  Canyons School District likely broke the law last year when it mailed out postcards — paid for with taxpayer money — about a $283 million bond proposal to renovate its schools that seemed to encourage residents to vote in favor, according to a state audit released quietly this week.The new report from the Office of the State Auditor found that the district appears to have “improperly used public resources” to advocate for a position. Utah law prohibits using any public do
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Lakers star LeBron James praises Lonzo Ball, Brandon Ingram’s aggressiveness in win over Jazz

  24-11-2018 09:08 via sportspyder.com
  The Los Angeles Lakers’ 90-83 grind-it-out win over the Utah Jazz was their eighth victory over the last 10 games. Throughout their resurgence, one thing that has helped their cause, aside from LeBron James’ constant contributions, has been the elevated..
  
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• [KSL] - The good and bad of the Jazz's loss to the Lakers

  24-11-2018 08:54 via sportspyder.com
  Utah's defense returned; its shooting didn't.
  
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