After watching the second-round playoff series between the Utah Jazz and Houston Rockets, you’d probably guess that there wasn’t much love between the two teams. Although the Jazz stole an exhilarating Game 2 on the road in Houston, other than that things didn’t exactly go their way.
They were obliterated in both home contests and frustrations boiled over on several occasions, particularly on the side of the outmatched Jazz. In fact, at one point following Utah’s Game 4 loss, Donovan Mitchell was caught on tape expressing obvious dissatisfaction with James Harden.
In a NSFW rant, he stated, “So that’s what he needs to win the ****ing MVP?