The Jazz are dead without Rudy Gobert.
You can curse the Fates for it, and you should, because it’s unfair and competitively cruel. That makes the conclusion no less true. Game 1 was exceptional for the Jazz, battling through the big man’s loss just 11 seconds in, but the problem is, it was exactly that — an exception.
Here’s the rule: Take the best player off almost any playoff team and watch it labor and groan and slip under the waves. Conscientious effort is nice and all, it’s admirable and ...
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