On Saturday, the Utah Jazz looked like a club on the fast track to elite status in the Association. After trailing by 17 early in the fourth quarter, Donovan Mitchell and company miraculously stormed back in epic fashion to steal one from the best team in the NBA, the Milwaukee Bucks. In doing so, they extended their win streak to four games and moved to within two games of the No. 3 seed in the West.
Two days later, the shoe hit the other foot and man, was it ugly.
Despite playing relatively well offensively — five Jazzmen scored 16 or more points and the team knocked down 14 triples — the Jazz would eventually stand idle as a 14-point fourth-quarter lead devolved into an ugly loss to one of the most beleaguered squads in the Association (recent success notwithstanding).