The Utah Jazz and Oklahoma City Thunder split games 1 and 2, setting up a pivotal game 3 in Salt Lake City. In a 7-game series that is tied 1-1, the winner of game 3 goes on to win the series an overwhelming majority of the time - between 70-80%, depending on where you look.
Game 3 is essentially a must-win game. Utah’s defense needs to pick up where they left off in the 4th quarter of game 2, where they held OKC’s big 3 to 0-14 from the field. Donovan Mitchell needs to find his outside shooting stroke (0-7 from 3 in game 2), and Joe Ingles needs to get his mojo back from whatever Space Jam alien stole it.