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• Bagley Cartoon: Fer Heck’s Sake — Get Out!

  10-04-2019 23:44
  This Pat Bagley cartoon appears in The Salt Lake Tribune on Thursday, April 11, 2019. You can check out the past 10 Bagley editorial cartoons below:<a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2019/04/09/bagley-cartoon-name/" target=_blank><u>The Name Caller</u></a><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2019/04/08/bagley-cartoon-radical/"><u>Radical Extremists </u></a><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagley/2019/04/05/bagley-car
  
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• ‘Mormon Land’: The church’s LGBTQ policy — How it came to be and why it went away.

  10-04-2019 23:39
  Nearly 3½ years ago, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints stunned insiders and outsiders with a new policy labeling same-sex married couples “apostates” and generally barring their children from baptism until they turn 18.Last week, Latter-day Saint leaders delivered another shocker by reversing those rules.What happened? And why? And where does the Utah-based faith go from here?Discussing those questions and more about the church’s evolution and, some say, de
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Weekly Run newsletter: Here are the Jazz playoff scenarios you need to know from tonight’s games

  10-04-2019 22:30 via sportspyder.com
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• Weekly Run newsletter: Here are the Jazz playoff scenarios you need to know from tonight’s games

  10-04-2019 22:06
  Sltrib.com sale!There’s no better source for Utah Jazz news than The Salt Lake Tribune and we don’t want our readers to miss anything during this playoff run. That’s why we are dropping the cost of an annual digital subscription to just $1 per week or $52 for the year. This flash sale ends Sunday night. Go to www.sltrib.com/subscribe and click on digital unlimited.The Weekly Run is The Salt Lake Tribune’s weekly newsletter on all things Utah Jazz. Subscribe here for the n
  
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• Abortion foes mount efforts to near-total ban of Roe v. Wade

  10-04-2019 21:42
  Emboldened by the new conservative majority on the Supreme Court, anti-abortion lawmakers and activists in numerous states are pushing near-total bans on the procedure in a deliberate frontal attack on Roe v. Wade.Mississippi and Kentucky have passed laws that would ban most abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected — which means as early as six weeks, when many women don’t even know they’re pregnant. Georgia could join them if Republican Gov. Brian Kemp signs a measure tha
  
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• Commentary: Health care is shockingly expensive. Why can’t you deduct it all on your taxes?

  10-04-2019 21:23
  In late March, my right elbow suddenly ballooned up, becoming red, painful and hot to the touch. But what I assumed was tennis elbow proved to be cellulitis, a serious infection that required an IV of an expensive antibiotic dispensed during six hours in a Manhattan emergency room. The hospital billed my insurance company more than $10,000 per hour — $65,892.04, to be exact. I wasn’t even admitted for the night.Fortunately my insurer will significantly reduce my share of the charges,
  
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• Monson: Two things you must know about new BYU basketball coach Mark Pope: He’ll stand up for his players and he won’t punch a ref.

  10-04-2019 21:14
  The tall BYU assistant coach stood up to argue a bad call with a referee, and the prickly, sensitive ref reacted as though that assistant had carelessly, and maybe purposely, maliciously, rear-ended his bejeweled SUV, the old classic one with huge, overcompensating deep-dish Crager mags. He jumped out and over, exploding into a lecture at the assistant unlike anything I’ve ever seen in college basketball, or basketball at any level.The setting, as best as I can recall, was a tight game bet
  
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• Trump says only 1 person is in charge of immigration: Him

  10-04-2019 21:00
  Washington • President Donald Trump says there’s only one person in charge of his immigration policy: Him.Asked by reporters Wednesday whether he had considered tapping his influential aide, Stephen Miller, to lead the Department of Homeland Security given Miller's focus on the issue, Trump was ready with praise — but not a promotion."Stephen is an excellent guy. He's wonderful person... He's a brilliant man," Trump said as he departed for Texas. But "frankly, there's only one p
  
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• Utah Valley’s Mark Pope will replace Dave Rose as BYU’s next men’s basketball coach

  10-04-2019 20:51
  Provo • Thirteen days after Dave Rose retired as BYU’s head men’s basketball coach, the Cougars have found his replacement. They didn’t have to look far.Former BYU assistant Mark Pope, Utah Valley’s head coach the past four seasons, will be introduced as BYU’s new coach at a 3 p.m. news conference at the BYU Broadcasting Building. The announcement is not a surprise. Pope, 46, has been considered the front-runner for the job since Rose stepped down on March 26.P
  
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• Police: 1 dead, 15 injured in North Carolina gas explosion

  10-04-2019 20:41
  Durham, N.C. • A gas explosion that partially collapsed a North Carolina building and set it ablaze Wednesday morning killed one person and injured more than a dozen others, police said.Police cars blocked the streets near the explosion in downtown Durham and a thick, acrid smoke hung over the shopping district created from remodeled tobacco warehouses. At least two ladder trucks sprayed blasts of water into the smoldering rubble nearly two hours after the explosion.Durham Police Department
  
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• Planned Parenthood, ACLU announce federal lawsuit aimed at striking down Utah’s new 18-week abortion ban

  10-04-2019 20:40
  Two Utah advocacy groups are filing a federal lawsuit against the state seeking to block an 18-week abortion ban that they call a “flagrant violation” of Supreme Court precedent.The Planned Parenthood Association of Utah and the American Civil Liberties Union of Utah have been vowing legal action since the Utah Legislature passed the abortion measure earlier this year. The organizations held a press conference at the state Capitol on Wednesday to announce they’d officially lodg
  
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• Utah cornerback Javelin Guidry may be as fast as anyone in college football, but speed is only part of his game

  10-04-2019 20:38
  Utah cornerback Javelin Guidry already is regarded as the fastest player in the modern history of Ute football, defined as the 25-plus years that coach Kyle Whittingham has worked in the program.He's determined to be even faster.Guidry devoted part of the winter to training and competing as a sprinter, applying the logic that such conditioning would help him in football. “Speed,” Guidry said this week, “is everything.”That’s a good starting point in the 5-foot-9, 19
  
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• Victims of Parkland shooting sue school board, sheriff

  10-04-2019 20:30
  Fort Lauderdale, Fla. • Survivors and family members of the slain victims of the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, sued the school board, sheriff’s office and others for negligence Wednesday, saying the agencies initially had promised a financial settlement but secretly worked behind the scenes to prevent a deal.More than two dozen family members and survivors filed 22 lawsuits in state court in South Florida against the School Board of Broward County; the Broward Sheriff's Office
  
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• Eco-activist Rose Chilcoat suing San Juan County, rancher over cattle-gate dispute

  10-04-2019 20:16
  Environmental activist Rose Chilcoat has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against San Juan County and a rancher, alleging she was illegally detained and falsely accused of trying to kill cattle in a 2017 episode that led to felony charges and a two-year legal ordeal for Chilcoat and her husband that concluded only last week.“Under the Constitution, citizens have the right to express political viewpoints without retaliation by the government. They have the right not to be seized by the
  
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• The inside story of how Real Salt Lake’s traditionally divided supporters groups have finally united under one flag

  10-04-2019 20:12
  In the moments before Real Salt Lake kicked off its 2019 home opener against the Vancouver Whitcaps, after the Unity Gospel Choir finished singing the national anthems for the United States and Canada, a group of fans behind the south goal of Rio Tinto Stadium made their way down the stairs.Each of them held a section of a giant piece of painted cloth. With each step, what they held slowly revealed itself to be a tifo, which is any type of visual display showing support for a soccer team. RSL&rs
  
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• Protest planned at BYU-Idaho as students seek changes in how the Honor Code is enforced

  10-04-2019 20:05
  Rexburg, Idaho • Students at Brigham Young University’s Idaho campus are planning to protest Wednesday afternoon, seeking reform in how administrators enforce the Honor Code.It’s one of two protests planned this week on campuses in Rexburg and Provo. The student reaction comes after a renewed criticism that the private university — which is owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — cares more about punishing students who violate the religious rules r
  
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• [KSL] - Why the 2018-19 Jazz were able to sell out an entire season for the first time in 26 years

  10-04-2019 19:52 via sportspyder.com
  The Jazz sold out every home game this season.
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Utah Jazz face LA Clippers in a game that technically has to happen

  10-04-2019 19:25 via sportspyder.com
  Where the seeding is made up and the points don’t matter.
  
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• Dana Milbank: Candace Owens’ presence turned a serious inquiry into a farce

  10-04-2019 19:21
  Washington • The new Democratic House majority held a hearing Tuesday on the rise of white nationalism, following the mosques massacre in New Zealand, the Pittsburgh synagogue killings and the deadly neo-Nazi march in Charlottesville.Republicans invited Candace Owens to testify.That would be the Candace Owens whom the alleged perpetrator of the New Zealand atrocity called “the person who has influenced me above all.” It’s not clear whether he was sincere in saying that, bu
  
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• Tracking your pregnancy on an app may be more public than you think

  10-04-2019 19:17
  Like millions of women, Diana Diller was a devoted user of the pregnancy-tracking app Ovia, logging in every night to record new details on a screen asking about her bodily functions, sex drive, medications and mood. When she gave birth last spring, she used the app to chart her baby’s first online medical data — including her name, her location, and whether there had been any complications — before leaving the hospital’s recovery room.But someone else was regularly check
  
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• [The Ringer] - What’s at Stake on the Final Day of the NBA’s Regular Season

  10-04-2019 18:22 via sportspyder.com
  The playoff field is mostly set, and we’re already looking ahead to postseason matchups. But before we can get to the playoffs, half the league needs to play Game 82—and there is plenty to play for.
  
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• [True Hoop: Salt City Hoops] - Mitchell Scores 46 as the Jazz Hit 50 Wins

  10-04-2019 17:48 via sportspyder.com
  Though they wavered here and there, including briefly trailing early in the second half, they played with force throughout the night and earned their 50th win of the season.
  
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• A Salt Lake City attorney and the producer behind ‘Us’ and ‘Get Out’ are among new members of the Sundance Institute’s Board of Trustees

  10-04-2019 17:16
  A Salt Lake City lawyer and activist, one of Hollywood’s hottest producers, a former Obama administration social secretary, and a pioneering artist in virtual reality have been named to join the Sundance Institute’s Board of Trustees.Sundance Institute announced the additions Monday. They will join 24 other trustees, led by Sundance’s founder Robert Redford and board president Pat Mitchell.The new board members are:• Jason Blum, movie producer and founder of Blumhouse Prod
  
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• Survey says: Provo is the least diverse city in America. And Orem is third-to-last on the list.

  10-04-2019 17:15
  In a survey of 501 American cities, Provo stood out — as the least diverse city in the United States.The Utah County community's next-door-neighbor, Orem, ranks 499th.The analysis from WalletHub.com, a personal finance website, isn’t just about ethnic diversity. That’s one of five major categories, along with religious, household, socioeconomic, cultural and economic diversity.Provo and Orem — where the population overwhelmingly identifies as members of The Church of Jesu
  
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• Expect more snow through Thursday morning — and lake-effect could be strong in some spots

  10-04-2019 17:15
  The winter-like storm that brought rain and snow to Utah on Tuesday night and Wednesday is expected to continue through Thursday morning.According to the National Weather Service, cold air moving across the Great Salt Lake — which is relatively warm — means there’s potential for lake-effect snow in parts of Salt lake County and eastern Tooele County. Some areas may see accumulations of 1-5 inches; in other areas, it could be even more.And the areas with heavy snowfall could exp
  
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• Gehrke: Who should control the future of Big Cottonwood Canyon? All of us.

  10-04-2019 17:14
  No decisions involving the Salt Lake County canyons are ever that simple, particularly when it comes to making rules on what can and what can’t be done with that beautiful land.The Legislature, through SB187, sought to extend, for one more year, the life of the Mountainous Planning Commission. It was created by the Legislature in 2015 to develop recommendations and share them with the Salt Lake County Council.Sounds innocuous, right?Not to a small group of vocal opponents. They have long a
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Morning links: Taking a tour of Rudy Gobert's house; Donovan Mitchell delivers special night for young fan

  10-04-2019 16:21 via sportspyder.com
  YouTube channel Deux Nuits Avec has the details on what Rudy Gobert's life is like beyond the basketball court. Also, Donovan Mitchell delivers a special night for a young fan.
  
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• Morning links: Taking a tour of Rudy Gobert's house; Donovan Mitchell delivers special night for young fan

  10-04-2019 16:02
  SALT LAKE CITY — What would it be like spending time with Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert at his house?YouTube channel Deux Nuits Avec has the details.The channel takes its host to an athlete's home — as well as the surrounding community — for two days, and the Frenchman Gobert was the subject of its latest video edition.The all-access home tour includes a 1-on-1 interview with Gobert's personal chef, showing off the basketball court inside his home and the swimming pool that's un
  
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• Redacted Mueller report coming ‘within a week,’ Barr says

  10-04-2019 15:40
  Washington • Attorney General William Barr told Congress Tuesday he expects to release his redacted version of the special counsel’s Trump-Russia investigation report “within a week,” while Democrats criticized his handling of the long-awaited document and demanded he turn it over in full.Barr bluntly defended his dealing with the report and said portions must remain hidden to comply with the law. He said he could be open to eventually releasing some of the redacted materi
  
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• Scientists reveal first image ever made of a black hole

  10-04-2019 15:37
  Washington • Scientists on Wednesday revealed the first image ever made of a black hole, depicting its hot, shadowy edges where light bends around itself in a cosmic funhouse effect.Assembling data gathered by eight radio telescopes around the world, astronomers created the picture showing the violent neighborhood around a supermassive black hole, the light-sucking monsters of the universe theorized by Einstein more than a century ago and confirmed by observations for decades.It looked like
  
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• Political Cornflakes: Federal judge says no to request for expedited release of Mueller report

  10-04-2019 15:30
  Despite the public’s desire to see special counsel Robert Mueller’s report, a federal judge on Tuesday turned down a request for its speedy release. The judge said he couldn’t justify taking such an extraordinary step, although he understood the interest in reviewing the report on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. The request for quick release was filed by the Electronic Privacy and Information Center, whose attorney argued that public needs access to the
  
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• Letter: The new Utah prison is a giant debacle

  10-04-2019 15:20
  The new Utah penitentiary is the worst state debacle since Syncrete.It is now projected to cost 18% to 22% more than the $650 million claimed, have 400 fewer beds and take up to 18 months longer (“Prison: Behind, Pricier, Smaller,” Tribune, April 6).The state blames the higher labor and material costs partly on competition from other construction projects, including the airport expansion (a foreseeable expense), and partly on the Trump steel tariffs (a wholly unimaginable expense).In
  
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• Letter: Trump and Nielsen are monsters

  10-04-2019 15:16
  Kirstjen Nielsen, homeland security secretary and enforcer of the inhumane crime at our southern border of separating children from their parents, has been forced to resign. Not because she was too cruel, but because she was not cruel enough.President Trump has shred existing asylum laws by choosing to arrest and detain people who have not broken the law by crossing the border to seek asylum. By ignoring their asylum rights, Trump has violated principles the U.S. has upheld for over 50 years.Tru
  
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• Letter: Don’t blame skiers who catch a break

  10-04-2019 15:12
  Several letters to this newspaper have bemoaned the crowds and lack of parking at the Salt Lake City-area ski resorts. I have heard the same on the slopes as well. Many folks blame various multi-resort ski passes which offer skiers to enjoy the sport at a big discount.Do I hear some elitism here?I remember when ski passes were priced to allow more people to buy them. Now they are so expensive that only wealthier people can enjoy a day on the slopes. How dare those discount passes bring in skiers
  
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• Letter: Weigh the pros and cons of marijuana

  10-04-2019 15:11
  Your April 8 article "Science explains differences between smoking pot, tobacco" appeared in a timely fashion.As a licensed clinical social worker, I have worked with both clients in severe physical pain and those addicted to various substances. It's important to remember that the high-potency marijuana of today and its various hybrids are not the same pot that hippies used to smoke in the 1960s.Nevertheless, just as with most prescription drugs, marijuana has a number of important health benefi
  
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• Letter: Talking about Satan does not bring followers

  10-04-2019 15:11
  If leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are truly interested in keeping their younger members and recruiting new young members, I suggest that they quit making statements about Satan.Not too many people believe in a devil. Actually, belief in devils pretty well went away after the Dark Ages.Also, condemning and judging people has been frowned upon since Jesus spoke against it very clearly in the New Testament.These subjects of scaring people may still work in some Third Wor
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Winning is all that matters for the Jazz

  10-04-2019 14:16 via sportspyder.com
  Whatever NBA awards the Jazz get, in the end, playoff wins will be their biggest reward
  
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• Leonard Pitts: The high cost of anti-vax baloney

  10-04-2019 14:00
  Baloney is not free.That's important to keep in mind in an era that finds America wading hip deep in a cascading tide of bovine effluvium. This nonsense is not harmless, not trivial, not abstract. And it always exacts a cost.If some of us ever knew that, they have apparently forgotten. As a result, we have become a nation awash in public lies — conspiracy theories without basis, crackpot pronouncements from figures of authority, misleading, mendacious misstatements false as a four-dollar b
  
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• How much should Utah teachers be paid? A new group is trying to figure that out.

  10-04-2019 14:00
  In Utah, more teachers leave their job each year than the number of new instructors who enter the classroom.That created a shortage of 1,600 educators in 2016, according to a new survey from Envision Utah, a regional planning agency. Meanwhile, the students filling the seats before them increased by 10,000 statewide. It’s an imbalance that’s getting worse.“We need a lot more teachers than we currently have,” said Jason Brown, spokesman for the organization. “We just
  
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• [Fox Sports] - Clippers face the Jazz on 3-game skid

  10-04-2019 09:28 via sportspyder.com
  Danilo Gallinari and the Clippers will play host to Rudy Gobert and the Jazz at Staples Center
  
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• [KSL] - Jazz playoff scenarios: It's down to Portland and Houston

  10-04-2019 08:37 via sportspyder.com
  The Jazz have to wait out Wednesday's results to find out who they'll match up against.
  
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• The Triple Team: Donovan Mitchell’s 46 points show even more growth offensively, while Rudy Gobert shows off some new and impressive tricks

  10-04-2019 08:07
  Three thoughts on the Utah Jazz’s 118-108 win over the Denver Nuggets from Salt Lake Tribune beat writer Andy Larsen.1. Donovan Mitchell in control with 46 pointsThere are a lot of possible “best” Donovan Mitchell games, but this one stands up with the rest of them. There’s the obvious point that he tied his career high in points, so of course it should, but I thought he also did a very nice job of attacking while being in the flow of the offense. At no point did he say &
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Jazz-Nuggets analysis by Andy Larsen

  10-04-2019 08:07 via sportspyder.com
  Three thoughts on the Utah Jazz’s 118-108 win over the Denver Nuggets from Salt Lake Tribune beat writer Andy Larsen.
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Last day of the NBA regular season: So who do Utah Jazz fans cheer for now?

  10-04-2019 08:04 via sportspyder.com
  If the Utah Jazz hope to avoid the Houston Rockets in the first round of the playoffs, they'll need one of two potential underdogs to come through. Well, j...
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Utah Jazz reflect on 2018-19 both on and off the court while honoring fans during regular season home finale

  10-04-2019 08:01 via sportspyder.com
  Utah also sold out every home game in the regular season for the first time since the 1992-93 season and only the fifth time in team history.
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Utah Jazz beat Denver Nuggets and the No. 5 seed is assured, but playoff opponent is out of their control

  10-04-2019 08:01 via sportspyder.com
  Donovan Mitchell tied his career high with 46 points, while Rudy Gobert was fantastic down the stretch and finished with 18 points.
  
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• Utah Jazz beat Denver Nuggets and the No. 5 seed is assured, but playoff opponent is out of their control

  10-04-2019 07:50
  SALT LAKE CITY — First things first.There were scenarios in place Tuesday night that would have sealed the Utah Jazz's chances of meeting the Portland Trail Blazers in the first round of the upcoming playoffs rather than the Houston Rockets, a squad Utah doesn't match up well with.It might seem counterproductive, but had the Jazz lost to the Denver Nuggets at Vivint Arena, such a scenario would have been put into action. A win by the Houston Rockets over the Oklahoma City Thunder or a Trai
  
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• Last day of the NBA regular season: So who do Utah Jazz fans cheer for now?

  10-04-2019 07:47
  If the Utah Jazz hope to avoid the Houston Rockets in the first round of the playoffs, they’ll need one of two potential underdogs to come through. Well, just yesterday I detailed all the crazy things that had to happen for the Utah Jazz to end up in the absolutely ideal playoff position. And guess […]
  Last day of the NBA regular season: So who do Utah Jazz fans cheer for now? - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - The Denver Nuggets played us all by intentionally dropping games

  10-04-2019 07:44 via sportspyder.com
  Congratulations. We played ourselves.
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Utah Jazz reflect on 2018-19 both on-and off-court while honoring fans during regular season home finale

  10-04-2019 07:43 via sportspyder.com
  Utah also sold out every home game in the regular season for the first time since the 1992-93 season and only the fifth time in team history.
  
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