If this is a hype-parade in here, just ignore me and don't let me rain on it. But if people are actually expecting the Jazz to pull off a victory in this series with Golden State, I think you're truly setting yourself up for disappointment.
The goal this year was to make the playoffs. Had we lost the game on Sunday, this season still would have been considered a success.
That means that everything else after that is the cherry-on-top; more experience for our young players, more of an opportunity to contend with the best, more evidence for Quin and DL to consider as they think about how to further shape the roster.
Make no mistake: this Warriors team is historically great. There are four Hall of Fame caliber players on the roster (as opposed to 1 for the Clippers.) If games are close, it's a win for us. If we somehow manage to pull out a single game, that's a huge win for us. If we're able to take Golden State to six? Amazing win, however unlikely.
TLDR: if you're thinking about this with a strong sense of optimism that we're going to win, you're going to be disappointed. If you're thinking about this recognizing that the Jazz have already accomplished their goals for this year, and that the reward is seeing them compete against a historically great team and learning valuable lessons from it, you're going to have a lot more fun over the next two weeks.
Fingers crossed this post will be widely-quoted and the subject of your ridicule two weeks from today. I just think that's really, really, really unlikely.
