You can tell a lot about a team’s character when their back is against the wall — and that’s the exact situation Utah found themselves in on Monday night against Brooklyn.
Trailing by 19 with just six minutes to play — and on the second end of a back-to-back, nobody would’ve blamed the Jazz if they emptied the bench, licked their wounds, and moved on to Wednesday’s game.
But that’s not who Utah is. That’s not their identity. That’s not what’s made them one of the best teams in the league over the past couple of seasons.