Coming into Monday’s game between the Utah Jazz and Indiana Pacers, I had predicted that the Pacers would win in a closely contested match-up. Well, it turns out I was half right. The Pacers did indeed win, but it was far from a close game as instead Indiana ran away with a dominant 109-94 victory on Utah’s home court.
And it wasn’t so much the loss itself that was concerning, but rather the fashion in which the Jazz lost. All night long they seemed out of sync, absolutely drained of any sort of energy and completely lacking in effort.