After patting Clippers coach Doc Rivers on the chest, Jazz coach Quin Snyder left the floor on Wednesday night with steeled eyes, a set jaw and a gliding stride, looking as though he was headed somewhere — metaphorically, who knows where? — meaningful and purposeful, toward business that couldn’t, wouldn’t wait.
And so, the Jazz’s new journey under their no-nonsense nabob and nurturer, toward whatever they will become, whatever they will achieve in this early season, had continued against Los Angeles at Vivint Arena, with a 14-point win, their fourth triumph in five tries.
And the fresh mix of players — Bojan Bogdanovic and Mike Conley, most especially, but also Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert and Joe Ingles, in their new collective altered state — went on familiarizing themselves with each other.