Put simply, the Utah Jazz have been destroyed all year long by injuries. There really isn’t any other way to put it. 23 different starting lineups were used during the regular season, but things were looking up from that perspective heading into the playoffs.
However, Utah’s hopes of being injury-free during their playoff run were dashed in the first 10 seconds of their series opener versus Chris Paul and the Los Angeles Clippers. On the first possession, Rudy Gobert went to set a curl screen for a cutting Gordon Hayward and clashed knees with Luc Mbah a Moute.