The spread on this contest favored the Utah Jazz -8 over the Boston Celtics. Given the Cs’ lack of Kyrie, Uncle Al Horford and Marcus Morris—and the Jazz’s fiery 2018 overall—that’s an understandable number, but OK THIS IS GODDAMN WAR, GORDON MUNSON, AND WE AIN’T NEVER SCARED YOU AIN’T EVER THERE.
OK, OK, seriously: The Jazz are a very good team and at times looked quite superior to the Celtics. But the latter took every opening the former gave them when it counted the most, which was Utah’s undoing. Jayson Tatum did a lot of hard work early, Terry Rozier eroded the Utah lead late and Jaylen Brown hit the game-winner for the 97-94 victory.