When the series score became 3-0, the West Finals had already lost its suspense.
The only suspense was whether the Jazz could win the fourth game to save some face.
1-4 always looks a bit better than 0-4, and it can break the Trail Blazers' undefeated record in this season's playoffs.
But the Trail Blazers obviously didn't want to waste any games that would affect their speed towards the Finals; they've waited too long.
During the one-day rest at a hotel in Salt Lake City, the entire Trail Blazers team stayed in their rooms to watch TV, read books, or train in the hotel's gym, play billiards in the billiard room, or play Pong in the ping pong room.
No one went out, and no one ate at outside restaurants.
The Trail Blazers' food was prepared by a team-specialized chef in the hotel kitchen to prevent a repeat of the food poisoning incident that happened to Michael Jordan in last year's Finals.
