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These are the numbers you need to know about the Jazz's future, following Gordon Hayward's finger injury: 12-1 and 1-11.

The Jazz's record will land somewhere between those extremes during the dozen or so regular-season games Hayward misses after breaking the ring finger of his left hand in Friday's practice. Those frames of reference are the start of the 2006-07 season, when the Jazz made a significant jump into the NBA playoffs, and the beginning of the 2013-14 season, when everything crumbled for former coach Tyrone Corbin.

Each comparison is meaningful, in the context of the coming season. In '06-07, with Deron Williams moving into his second year, Carlos Boozer healthy and the newly acquired Derek Fisher providing leadership and depth, the Jazz used a 12-1 start to help them go from 41 to 51 wins.

That provides some perspective to the Jazz's anticipated climb in 2016-17 — even with a healthy Hayward. Without such a phenomenal start, the 10-win improvement of '06-07 would have been difficult to achieve. And clearly, the Jazz are not going to do anything like that in October and November without Hayward, so going from 40 to 50 wins may be tougher than people would like to believe.

The Jazz's 1-11 start in 2013-14 had a lot to do with Trey Burke's broken finger, which occurred in an Oct. 12 preseason game and required surgery. As a rookie, Burke was not as important to the Jazz as Hayward is now — but he was vital to them, considering their roster of point guards.

Hayward's absence will hurt the Jazz, ultimately affecting about the first one-fourth of their season as he blends into the lineup. Beyond the practical issues of rotations and depth, there's just this sense of gloom with another significant injury.

After everything the Jazz went through in 2015-16, when a series of injuries basically kept them out of the playoffs, the hope was that a healthy team could take a big step this season. That still can happen, but Hayward's injury makes it much more difficult. The team will need newcomers Joe Johnson, George Hill and Boris Diaw to be steadying influences.

Their presence should soften the loss of Hayward. Even so, this news requires a resetting of expectations, which is not what anyone attached to the Jazz wanted to be doing in October.

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