A performance like that — more or less start to finish — makes losses to the Sonics and Clippers more infuriating.

If you can destroy the Jazz — winners of 10 straight — by 13, you can/should beat the Sonics at home. There's no excuse for a loss like that. That's the difference between a .500 team and a team which has to go beat Golden State and Memphis to get back to .500. That's the difference between a playoff team and a 35-win team.

Let's go bullet-style with the rest: