SLC Dunk - Utah Jazz take on the San Antonio Spurs in final regular season game

[James Hansen]

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Utah is now locked into the 6th seed as they face the San Antonio Spurs

The Utah Jazz just locked in their spot in the playoffs and will be facing the Denver Nuggets.

The Jazz will not face the Rockets in the playoffs and have locked in the 6th seed

— Sarah Todd (@NBASarah) August 13, 2020

But there’s still one more game to go!

Tonight, the Utah Jazz will do everything possible to avoid injuries face the San Antonio Spurs in the final regular season game of the season, and of the bubble.

Game Info

When: Thursday, August 13, 2020 • 4:30 PM MT

Where: The NBA Bubble, Disney World

TV: TNT, AT&T SportsNet

Radio: 97.5 FM | 1280 AM The Zone

What to look for

Does the tank continue?

Before the news that they would be locked into the 6th seed, Utah had already announced they’d be resting Rudy Gobert and Mike Conley.

Mike Conley and Rudy Gobert out tomorrow. Emmanuel Mudiay questionable.

— Tony Jones (@Tjonesonthenba) August 12, 2020

Before last night the Jazz had incentive to lose for playoff seeding, but there’s another incentive to lose this game as well, the draft.

Short version for the Jazz draft pick:

If they lose tomorrow, they get the 20th pick outright.

If they win (they no longer need to lose for playoff seeding purposes), they will be slotted somewhere between 20th & 23rd.

— Ken Clayton (@k_clayt) August 13, 2020

A loss ensures a better spot in the draft for the Jazz. Considering the Jazz are without one of their best scorers in Bojan Bogdanovic, this another reason to rest the regular rotation guys.

On top of that, the Jazz want to make sure they are as healthy as possible entering the playoffs against the Nuggets so don’t be surprised if we see a lot of Ed Davis and the young players in the second half.

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