After dealing with a myriad of questions all week long about their struggles to close out games, Utah handled business late against Dallas as big buckets by Mike Conley and Royce O'Neale gave the Jazz a 99-93 victory over Dallas in game one
All week long leading up to the start of the playoffs, head coach Quin Snyder and the Jazz were asked multiple times about Utah's struggles at the end of the season. After starting the season 26-9, the Jazz finished under .500 the rest of the way as issues closing out games appeared to be their Achilles heel.