Jazz’s defense on an upswing as Hornets pay a visit

Improved defense is helping the Utah Jazz rediscover winning basketball.

The Jazz are coming off one of their better defensive performances in recent games, when they rallied to beat Dallas 116-114 on Thursday after clamping down on the hot-shooting Mavericks late in the fourth quarter.

Utah will look to parlay that streak-buster into a second consecutive win when the Jazz face the Charlotte Hornets on Saturday night in Salt Lake City.

After falling behind 107-100 with less than five minutes left in the fourth quarter...