SALT LAKE CITY — During a timeout in the fourth quarter, Rudy Gobert took his frustrations out by kicking a folding chair in the Utah Jazz huddle. Moments after Game 6 ended, Donovan Mitchell displayed his disgusted emotions by throwing a stationary bicycle over in tunnel leading to the locker room.
Jamal Murray got off much easier.
Though the Jazz had — and blew — their second opportunity to close out the first round and advance to the Western Conference semifinals, Utah’s lackadaisical, missing-in-action defense was much softer toward the Nuggets guard who did what he wanted, shot from where he wanted and scored when he wanted to force a Game 7.