They were reaching deep into the thesaurus after this one, after Utah had gone from credible in defeat to incredibly pliant, after the Kings had taken a 2-0 series lead. After all that had been encouraging 48 hours earlier.

Deep in the record books, as well. The Kings scored 108 points. Nobody had done that to the Jazz in the postseason since May 23, 1997, Game 3 of the Western Conference finals, a span of 62 playoff outings, back when Utah had the ability to do something about it later.