The Jazz had led the Northwest Division all season until embarking on a four-game losing streak, which includes a 97-89 loss at home to Portland Tuesday night. So Utah now sits in second place in the Northwest, a half-game back of division-leading Denver. Phoenix had won five straight games before falling twice in a row, at Minnesota and, Monday night, at home to Miami 117-113, getting outrebounded in the process by a 101-62 margin. But the Suns still lead the Pacific Division by three games over the second-place Los Angeles Lakers.
Last season, the Jazz won three of four games vs. Phoenix. But while Utah was winning those three games by four, three (in overtime) and three points, the Suns won the finale in the season series with the Jazz by 28. The o/u went 2-2 in the four games these two teams played last season, and the point totals of those four games, excluding the one overtime period they played, were 212, 213, 224 and 212.
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