Game 1 was a disaster. There’s no sugar coating that embarrassing beatdown. While the Jazz made it interesting for a few moments in the 3rd, the Rockets put them down and ran them out of the building. That 32 point playoff loss went as bad as it sounds.
So who’s to blame?
Honestly, everyone.
Quin Snyder’s defensive strategy was interesting, but unimpressive. While it works in theory, his guys didn’t understand how to execute properly. That’s on Quin. I fully expect him to make some adjustments and for the elite Jazz defense to come back in this series.