Brad Rock: 2018 Utah Jazz team is better than 2017

HOUSTON — Attending an Astros baseball game on Monday was cool for Donovan Mitchell, who’s still a kid, despite his maturity. Seeing himself featured on Kobe Bryant’s “Details,” caused him to watch it twice. His social media back-and-forth with fellow Rookie of the Year candidate Ben Simmons he said, “is fun.”

But winning road games in the playoffs?

That — for both him and his teammates — is rafting the rapids.

There were wins in Oklahoma City in the first round, but that was then. Wednesday presented a 116-108 win in Houston. Things are coming fast. A year ago, the best Jazz story might have been Gordon Hayward’s video game obsession.

Speaking of Hayward, the Jazz put to rest any doubt as to…