Utah Jazz (Chris Nicoll-USA TODAY Sports)
Instead of sulking, the Utah Jazz should gobble up bulletin board material.
Here’s the current bad news for the Utah Jazz: historically, teams that win Game 1 of a best-of-seven series in the NBA Playoffs wind up winning the series 76.2 percent of the time.
What’s the good news? Well, to be frank, there really shouldn’t be any in light of Sunday night’s 112-109 home loss to the No. 8 seed Memphis Grizzlies. But for the sake of positivity, No. 1 seed Utah could choose to take solace in the fact that Game 1 winners on the road, specifically, go on to win the series only a smidge more than 50 percent of the time.