For two and a half quarters, the Utah Jazz struggled to find any sort of rhythm on either end of the court.
But then head coach Quin Snyder did something unexpected — something that showed minimal promise in the regular season. Snyder elected to go small, using Eric Paschall at the center spot in place of Rudy Gobert and Hassan Whiteside.
What transpired was some of the most inspirational basketball of the season, as Utah staged a ferocious comeback in game three of their first round series with the Mavericks. However, after cutting the deficit to one late in the fourth quarter, the Jazz ran out of gas late and eventually fell 126-118 to Dallas on Thursday night.