Alec Burks, Raul Neto make most of D-League game experience: There wasn’t a huge crowd for the SLC Stars game Wednesday night, but there was a bigger draw than usual for the Utah Jazz’s D-League affiliate. Make that two bigger draws: Alec Burks and Raul Neto. The temporarily reassigned Jazz players were why the 1,125 in attendance included the likes of Jerry Sloan, Dennis Lindsey, Quin Snyder, Gordon Hayward, Rudy Gobert, Joe Ingles, Trey Lyles and Joel Bolomboy. -- Deseret News

Alec Burks and Raul Neto get game time with D-League Stars: The Salt Lake City Stars had some added star power Wednesday night. Utah Jazz shooting guard Alec Burks had 13 points and five rebounds, and point guard Raul Neto recorded 14 points, 12 assists and nine rebounds for the D-League team in a 129-94 win over the Grand Rapids Drive at Salt Lake Community College. With the Jazz in town and their schedule clear for two consecutive nights, the team assigned Burks and Neto to the minor league club for a night, hoping to get them some much needed game time. -- The Salt Lake Tribune

At season’s halfway mark, Jazz should think big: The Jazz will reach the halfway point of the NBA season Friday against Detroit. Or are they just getting started? Quin Snyder has done one of the league's five best coaching jobs in the first half of the season. Or is his real work only beginning? This team has produced enough adventures to last a whole season, and now it gets even more interesting. The Jazz practically are assured of the franchise's first postseason appearance in five years, and even may deliver their first win in a playoff game since 2010. -- The Salt Lake Tribune

Hayward adds to his All-Star case in win over LeBron James' Cavaliers: The best basketball player in the world was taking over and it looked like the Utah Jazz were in trouble. LeBron James had ripped off 10 straight points, as the Cleveland Cavaliers erased a double-digit lead Tuesday night in Salt Lake City. Then a funny thing happened. Gordon Hayward started to look like the best player on the basketball court. Hayward nearly matched James point for point, with the Jazzman scoring 28 on 10-of-12 shooting while the Cleveland superstar had 29 on 10-of-20 shooting. -- The Salt Lake Tribune