LOS ANGELES — A few days ago, when the Jazz were in L.A. for the first time in this playoff series, Boris Diaw nailed it when he said, “It is very different in the playoffs than the regular season. One reason is because the media is overblown, too. But, yeah, it’s part of it — part of the experience. Everything is amplified.”
I had almost forgotten about that. Having missed out on watching the playoffs for the past four seasons, I’m now reminded what they’re like. Everything is amplified. So when word got out that Rudy Gobert would play in Game 4, the news was treated like a war hero had returned.