SALT LAKE CITY — Throughout the last week as the Utah Jazz and Denver Nuggets have begun their first-round NBA playoff series, Utah head coach Quin Snyder has emphasized the idea that it’s indeed a series, that both sides should be prepared to dig in for the long haul.
That message was pertinent for the shorthanded Jazz after they let Game 1 slip away, but now as they’ve flipped the series on its head with blowout wins in the last two contests, those words perhaps hold the same weight, even if the context behind them has changed.