When the Utah Jazz walked off the court into the halftime locker-room down 17 points, they were ushered in with boos from their own crowd.
The home team.
Getting booed.
By their own fans.
In the playoffs.
In the middle of the game.
It’s unheard of. It’s scandalous. The Jazz have one of the craziest atmospheres in the NBA and it only gets even more nuts during the postseason.
And yet, it’s easy to understand why they felt the way they did.
With their first chance to play in front of their home fans in the playoffs, Utah laid an absolute egg almost every moment of the 126-118 loss, showing about as much hustle as the fans in that crowd.