

There are things that we will be able to take from this game and use to get better. “And obviously, the Heat are playing as well as anybody, if not the best in the league. “I do think the competition makes you better,” Snyder said. And for the second time this season, Utah failed to get that part of it finished. Even if the Jazz rallied from as many as 19 points down in the fourth quarter to within a Donovan Mitchell 3-pointer in the final 10 seconds, and even if the Jazz showed a hefty amount of resilience in giving themselves a chance to tie the score, the ultimate goal is to win. On Saturday night, Quin Snyder and the Jazz stopped well short of taking the moral victory lap in what turned into a 118-115 loss in Miami to the Heat.

Some are easier to point to, with film and reflection. The beauty in the Utah Jazz making this season about chasing the mountain they have yet to climb: The regular season can provide a specific lesson in most of the 82 games.
