After losing Game 1 to the Houston Rockets in embarrassing fashion, practically everybody was counting the Utah Jazz out in not just Game 2, but in the entire series. In the final moments of the pre-game show prior to the game’s start, the TNT crew all but proclaimed them dead in the water, questioning whether or not Utah would even be able to win a single game.
Even at halftime, when the Jazz held a nine-point lead, their confidence in the Jazz coming out on top was slim at best.
Fortunately, the Jazz players didn’t match that doubt.