What James Harden has done to the Utah Jazz through two blowouts goes back to his greatest humiliation -- Harden's meltdown, and Houston's collective disintegration, against the San Antonio Spurs in the 2017 conference semifinals.
Harden eviscerated the Spurs in Game 1 of that series -- a 27-point Rockets win that seemed to announce Houston as the primary threat to Golden State's Western Conference hegemony. San Antonio won four of the next five games -- the last three without Tony Parker, and the clincher without Kawhi Leonard.
The Spurs won that game in Houston by 39 points.