A look back at those postseason series that the Utah Jazz should’ve won, but bad luck intervened. The playoff losses that really stick in fans’ craw.
I don’t think I’m going out on a limb by saying that now is the best time to be a Utah Jazz fan since Karl Malone and John Stockton bid the team adieu back in 2003. With Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert rocking the hardwood and hoops genius Quin Snyder at the helm, the Jazz band are headed for big things.
As bright as the future is, though, the wounds of the past still ache for longtime fans. In other words, images of Michael Jordan pushing off on Bryon Russell still dance in our heads.
That said, and since I’m a glutton for punishment, what better time than now to dig up the injustices of Jazz past?
Sure, the Jazz have had their fair share of success. And it looks like there’s a lot more on the horizon. Neither of those things change the fact that there have been multiple instances throughout Jazz history where the team should’ve won, should’ve gone farther.
With that in mind, here are four playoff series that the Jazz really should’ve won, but didn’t because of bad luck, fluke circumstances, the will of the basketball gods, fate or some other contrivance.