Exactly who they had been, where they had been, nobody knows, not even them. Donovan Mitchell shook his head at the thought.
But, after losing by 32 points, then losing by 20, then losing by three, they arrived back in full form in Game 4 in the nick of time, winning by 16 points, avoiding the humiliation of a playoff sweep at the hands of the Rockets, the game count now sitting at 3-1, heading back to Toyota Center.
After taking their first victory, after Jazz fans gave their team a standing ovation for the effort, maybe in a last glimpse of this exact collection of players at home, the Jazz received compliments from the Rockets and from Quin Snyder for finding and saving themselves.