Gordon Monson: Who are the Utah Jazz, really? What are they? Will they fight back?

Game 1 home loss to the Grizzlies feeds into national narrative that this team isn’t built for the postseason. There’s only one way for the Jazz to prove them wrong.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Jazz forward Royce O'Neale (23), Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert (27), Utah Jazz guard Mike Conley (10) andUtah Jazz forward Bojan Bogdanovic (44) listen to Utah Jazz guard Joe Ingles (2) during the second half as the Utah Jazz take on the Memphis Grizzlies during Game 1 of the first-round playoffs at Vivint Arena, May 23, 2021.

Gordon Monson: Who are the Utah Jazz, really? What are they? Will they fight back?

Game 1 home loss to the Grizzlies feeds into national narrative that this team isn’t built for the postseason. There’s only one way for the Jazz to prove them wrong.

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