The images are indelible, from a playoff series vs. the Los Angeles Clippers that lasted seven games over 16 days and produced some of the Jazz’s best moments of this decade.
Joe Johnson’s buzzer-beater in Game 1 and his fourth-quarter surge in Game 4. Rodney Hood’s clutch shooting in Game 5. Gordon Hayward’s 26-point effort and George Hill’s dagger in the lane when the Clippers were rallying in the fourth quarter Game 7.
The common thread of the names from last April is obvious. Those guys are gone, via free agency and trade. Hayward, Hill, Johnson and Hood combined to average 66.