One of the questions that bubbled up after the Jazz on Sunday got that X next to their name, qualifying for the playoffs by winning 28 of their past 33 games, was this: How would they react now — with two regular-season games to play, with jostling for favorable playoff positioning still in the mix?
The answer came with the swing of a sledgehammer and the wearing of a sweatshirt on Tuesday night against the Golden State Warriors.
The numbers on the board — Jazz 119, Warriors 79 — confirmed what everybody should have already known: Utah is not done with its business.