If Denver Nuggets fans thought the playoffs ended bitterly for them, imagine rooting for the Utah Jazz. Two years in a row the Jazz have matched up against the Houston Rockets, and two years in a row they have been trounced in five games. Young star guard Donovan Mitchell went 4/22 from the field in Game 5, and the Jazz simply didn’t have an answer strong enough for MVP runner-up James Harden. To be fair, few teams did.
It also doesn’t mean the Nuggets would fare any better than the Jazz did against a formidable Rockets team.