Beyond the numbers: Here's why Joe Ingles is critical to Utah's championship aspirations

Ingles has returned to a reserve role, but his impact has never been more vital for the Utah Jazz.

The Utah Jazz are the hottest team in basketball. At the time of writing (29 January), they are riding a ten-game winning streak and have supplanted both Los Angeles teams for the best record in basketball. Utah’s vision of a contender built around budding superstar Donovan Mitchell and a smorgasbord of upper echelon NBA starting players is, for the fi…