San Antonio Spurs’ Tim Duncan clutches the ball prior to the first quarter of Game 1 of a first-round NBA basketball playoff series against the Utah Jazz, Sunday, April 29, 2012, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) San Antonio • Tony Parker burned Devin Harris

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San Antonio Spurs’ Tim Duncan clutches the ball prior to the first quarter of Game 1 of a first-round NBA basketball playoff series against the Utah Jazz, Sunday, April 29, 2012, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) San Antonio • Tony Parker burned Devin Harris. Gregg Popovich outmaneuvered Tyrone Corbin

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The 2012 Utah Jazz playoff schedule begins on Sunday, April 29 against the No.

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For the second year in a row, the San Antonio Spurs will open the postseason with the Western Conference ‘s top seed. The Spurs hope that the first seed will take them much deeper in the playoffs this time around

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The NBA season is winding down, and the Jazz are in the thick of the playoff race in the Western Conference. Join our Jazz beat writer Jody Genessy on Friday at 2 p.m. for a live question-and-answer session about the Jazz’s postseason chances, the team’s progress this season, and anything else Jazz-related that’s on your mind

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Related article: Tiebreakers could be key for final playoff spot Related article: 10 losses this season that the Jazz wish they could have back SALT LAKE CITY — Prior to Wednesday night’s NBA games, a couple of local TV commentators said Utah’s destiny was in its own hands, that all the Jazz had to do was win out and they would be in the playoffs. Not true. But thanks to a perfect confluence of results Wednesday night, now the Jazz do indeed control their own destiny.

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Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki (41) reacts after hitting a three point shot as the Utah Jazz and the Dallas Mavericks play Monday, April 16, 2012 in Salt Lake City. Scott G Winterton, Deseret News EnergySolutions Arena was the setting for one of the NBA’s wildest, longest, most dramatic games of the season. In a triple-overtime thriller that featured buzzer beaters, heroes for both teams and one of the most bizarre moments in recent league history, the Utah Jazz came away victors over the Dallas Mavericks, 123-121.

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CBSSports.com wire reports April 17, 2012 SALT LAKE CITY — Al Jefferson hasn’t been close to the playoffs since his rookie season. Seven years later, the Utah Jazz big man is doing everything he can to make sure he’s not on the outside looking in again. Jefferson scored 28 points and tied a career-high with 26 rebounds to fuel Monday night’s 123-121 triple-overtime victory over the Dallas Mavericks

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Utah Jazz guard Gordon Hayward (20), left, crashes into Dallas Mavericks guard Jason Kidd (2) as the Utah Jazz and the Dallas Mavericks play Monday, April 16, 2012 in Salt Lake City. Scott G Winterton, Deseret News SALT LAKE CITY — Al Jefferson scored 28 points and pulled down 26 rebounds and the Utah Jazz kept their postseason hopes alive with a wild 123-121 triple-overtime victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Monday night at EnergySolutions Arena. Utah (32-30) is now one-half game behind both Houston and Phoenix, which are tied for eighth place in the Western Conference playoff race at 32-29

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SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Jazz’s final push to make the playoffs begins tonight when they host the defending NBA champions. The Jazz will likely start with the same lineup that they’ve gone with for the past week, with Devin Harris, Gordon Hayward, DeMarre Carroll, Paul Millsap and Al Jefferson. Carroll was given clearance to play after passing the final concussion test on Monday

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CJ Miles works out with the Jazz as they have first day of practice with their Rocky Mountain Review team in Salt Lake City, Utah, July 11, 2005. Photo by Tom Smart (Submission date: 07/11/2005) Tom Smart, Deseret Morning News SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Jazz players Al Jefferson and C.J

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Dallas Mavericks shooting guard Dominique Jones (20) goes up for a shot as Utah Jazz’s Devin Harris left, defends in the first half of an NBA basketball game on Friday, Jan. 27, 2012, in Dallas

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The NBA season is a long, intense one, especially during a lockout year. Sixty-six games in less than four months can seem like a marathon, with twists and turns throughout. The Utah Jazz season took a definite turn downward as they fell to the Memphis Grizzlies in a hard-fought 103-98 loss Saturday

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Utah’s Gordon Hayward watches as the Utah Jazz and the San Antonio Spurs play NBA basketball Monday, April 9, 2012, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Tom Smart, Deseret News NEW ORLEANS — Paul Millsap was in so much “intolerable pain” Wednesday after spraining his right wrist he couldn’t sleep all night.

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