Today's Best NBA Reporting and Analysis

-  Young Jazz reveling in second-half surge  (from Chris Mannix, Sports Illustrated):

" It’s pretty easy to connect dealing Kanter to Utah’s sudden surge in the standings, though the Jazz are quick to napalm that narrative.

“We don’t see it as being some sort of pivotal moment,” (Coach Quin) Snyder says. “I think what has happened is our players have gott…