Utah Jazz defeated the Warriors for the eighth straight victory, and then stopped talking about being contenders for the title

After stepping on the road to a 30-point lead at halftime, a 40-point lead after three-quarters of a quarter, and then winning a 127-108 victory over Golden State Saturday night at the Vivint Arena, the Utah Jazz , now winner of eight matches. followed: they fly high.

Maybe a little too much.

After all, this is a group whose unofficial team’s mantra is “Never too high, never too low.” But after improving on the 12-4 of the season with a win that wasn’t as close as the final score could make it appear, the Jazz suddenly face rising expectations, despite the views of Shaquille O’Neal and Charles. Barkley.

That’s how, after the win, the Utah coach and players tried to put it all in perspective before the growing narrative became an 18-wheel drive that came down with brakes that didn’t work.

“They were not [even] a quarter of the season. I do not try to dampen any enthusiasm; it’s okay to feel good about how you’re playing. But there’s a long season ahead, it’s a marathon and there are games in which he clicks like he did tonight and there are other games you have to grind, ”coach Quin Snyder said.“ And I just want us to be “Not too high or too low. The fact that we are playing well right now is good, but the challenge is to keep playing well, and that is what we are looking at.”

But it’s also hard not to overdo it when the coach of the latest NBA dynasty now compares your team to his team.

Before Saturday’s game, Steve Kerr of the Warriors was asked to try to find a balance between exercising the patience needed to develop his young talent with the urgency needed to win a few more games. He noted that each team should have a good sense of their place in the food chain and noted the difference between their own group and Jazz.

“[Utah] is a veteran team. At the moment they are trying to win a championship and I think they are able to do it, ”said Kerr. “Looking at them on tape, the continuity they have compared to where we are, is night and day, only with the execution. You know, they are where we were three, four years ago ”.

A big compliment, that Jazz came out and made it look like previous.

Aside from an extremely sloppy and swept fourth quarter that hit business figures and offered 7 to 19 shots from deep reserves, it was a dominant performance in many ways.

For starters, the Warriors, before the fourth throw, made only 29 of 70 shots (41.4%). As for Utah, a team that was already setting league records in three-point shots was hot again beyond the arc and finished 20 of 50 this time. The Jazz scored 77 points at halftime.

Donovan Mitchell, who is not a superstar, added 23 points in 27 minutes, while somehow managed to add seven rebounds and six assists, despite having zero ability to impact games beyond getting cubs.

His half-dozen coins, unfortunately, were only the team’s second-best mark, as Bojan Bogdanovic set a new career high with eight (with 14 points and seven rebounds).

Meanwhile, Rudy Gobert contributed 11 points and 14 rebounds. Mike Conley fell by 17 points and played an exquisite perimeter defense. Sixth man Jordan Clarkson added 14 to the bench. Reserve teammate Joe Ingles fell by 13 points, all after the break, three of which came to an open trey after breaking Kent Bazemore’s ankles with what the broadcast team lovingly called as the “slowest crossover in the world.”

“Yes, I mean, it’s obviously not a consistent part of my game. I think Rudy probably just ran into him, to be honest, ”said Ingles, apparently disgusted by a question about it. “I don’t think any of my moves are so much fun that someone is going to look for such a bad fake. Let’s be honest.”

As for the Jazz victory on Saturday and their bigger view of their location …

“Honestly, in the next one. Was good, [but] there are still things about which we will see the film. … We’ll see movies and there will be things we know we haven’t done so well, things we can do better 10 out of 10 times instead of nine out of 10, “Ingles added.” Obviously we’re a safe team. and we’re sure of the style we’re playing in. We’re going to miss shots, we’re going to shoot sometimes, but I think our defense has been pretty consistent, obviously, tonight. we are a difficult team to play against ”.

Mitchell agreed, saying that while he appreciated Kerr’s praise, he wasn’t willing to follow such high comparisons after an eight-game winning streak.

“It simply came to our notice then. … But we have a way to go, in a good way. We are really doing a lot of things the right way, but there are things we can do better, ”he said. “… It is certainly a complement, but the most important thing is that we focus on what we do. We don’t try to replicate what they did at Golden State. We didn’t even make it past the second round. … It’s a big compliment that comes from coach Kerr, sure, but we’re seeing it as taking him game by game, step by step, little by little. It’s a long season – we’ve only played 16 games and anything can happen. Therefore, we must remain closed and stay where we are. And with that, with the little details, success will come ”.