The Utah Jazz eliminated the Warriors for their eighth straight victory, then were disappointed to be contenders for the title.

After heading into a 30-point break at halftime, a 40-point lead after three quarters, and then winning Saturday night’s 127-108 victory over Golden State at Vivint Arena, Utah Jazz – now the winner of the eight games in a row – fly up.

Maybe a little too much.

This is, after all, a group whose unofficial mantra of the team is “Never too big, never too low.” But after improving to 12-4 this season, with a victory that was nowhere near as close as the final score could make, the Jazz suddenly face rising expectations, however, Shaquille O ‘views Neal and Charles Barkley.

And so, after the victory, the coach and the Utah players tried to put everything in perspective before the growing narrative became an 18-wheeled vehicle that descends, with non-functional brakes.

“They were not [even] a quarter of the way through the season. I’m not trying to diminish any enthusiasm – it’s okay to feel good about the way you play. But a long season is coming, it’s a marathon and there are games in which he clicks as he did tonight and there are other games that you have to die for, “said coach Quin Snyder. “It simply came to our notice then. Not too high, not too low. The fact that we play well now is a good thing, but the challenge is to keep playing well and that’s what we’re looking at. ”

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

Prior to Saturday’s game, Steve Kerr of the Warriors was asked about trying to find a balance between exercising the patience needed to develop his young talent with the urgent requirement to win a few more games. He mentioned that each team must have a good sense of its place in the food chain and showed the difference between its own group and Jazz.

“[Utah] is a veteran team. They are trying to win a championship right now and I think they are able to do that, ”said Kerr. “Seeing them on tape, the continuity they have compared to where we are, is night and day, only with the execution. You know, I’m where I was three, four years ago. ”

Big praise – which Jazz then came out with and made her look cautious.

Apart from an extremely careless fourth quarter, garbage, affected by turnover and shooting 7 to 19 from the deep reserves, was a dominant performance in many respects.

For starters, the Warriors, before the fourth throw, made only 29 of 70 hits (41.4%). As for Utah, a team that was already setting league records for 3-point shooting was hot again beyond the arc, finishing 20th out of 50 this time. Jazz accumulated 77 points until the break.

Noted superstar Donovan Mitchell scored 23 points in 27 minutes, while adding seven rebounds and six assists, despite zero ability to affect games beyond getting buckets.

Half a dozen of his coins, unfortunately, were only the second best mark of the team, as Bojan Bogdanovic set a new career with eight (to go along with 14 points and seven rebounds).

Meanwhile, Rudy Gobert contributed 11 points and 14 rebounds. Mike Conley fell by 17 points and played a fine perimeter defense. Sixth man Jordan Clarkson added 14 from the bench. Back-up teammate Joe Ingles dropped 13 points – all after the break, three of whom entered an open threshing floor after breaking Kent Bazemore’s ankles with what the broadcast crew lovingly called “the slowest crossover in the world.”

“Yes, I mean, it’s not a consistent part of my game, obviously. I think Rudy probably stopped him, to be honest, “said Ingles, apparently upset by a question about it. “I don’t think any of my moves are so interesting that someone is going to go for such a bad fake – let’s be honest.”

In terms of winning Saturday’s Jazz and its overall picture of where it is …

“It simply came to our notice then. It was good, [but] there are other things we will watch the movie. “We will watch movies and there will be things we know we didn’t do as well, things we can do more than 10 out of 10 times instead of nine out of 10,” Ingles added. “Obviously, we are a confident team and we are confident in the style we play. We’ll miss shots, we’ll hit sometimes, but I think our defense has been pretty consistent – obviously it was tonight. And we managed to take photos. When we go on both ends, we are a difficult team to play. ”

Mitchell agreed, saying that while he appreciated Kerr’s praise, he wasn’t ready to go along with such superb comparisons after a series of eight wins.

“We have moments and moments. … But we have a way to go – in a good way. We really do a lot of things the right way, but there are things we can do better, ”he said. “It’s definitely a compliment, but the biggest thing is to focus only on what we do. We’re not trying to replicate what they did in Golden State. I didn’t even make it past the second round. … It’s definitely a huge compliment coming from coach Kerr, but we look at him as taking him game by game, step by step, little by little. It’s a long season – I’ve only played 16 games and anything could happen. So we have to stay locked up and stay where we are. And with that, with the little details, will come success. ”