Laura Seitz
SALT LAKE CITY — Strip away the emotion, the matchups and meltdowns of another Jazz-Rockets playoff pairing, and there’s this: The Jazz are still losing to Houston in the postseason.
One gut-punch at a time.
For the second straight season, they were Houston’s enabler. The Rockets move on to the conference semifinals, while the Jazz go into summer mode. Last year Houston eliminated the Jazz in the second round. Wednesday’s 100-93 outcome gave the Rockets another 4-1 series verdict.
This raises the question of whether anything good happened to the Jazz since last year, and whether the 2018-19 season ended up a success.