As fans, we tend to get excited by the unlikely win; that upset victory over an elite team or a superstar player. For a club like the Utah Jazz, one that’s fighting to take the next step into the upper echelon of the NBA, they’re the wins that act as validation of the progress that’s being made–a declaration to the world that we’ve arrived.
However, sometimes it’s the small victories that speak loudest.
While the Jazz failed to close out against the history-chasing, 69-8 Golden State Warriors last week, they did what good teams are expected to do over the weekend.