Monday night’s contest was simply a case of the league’s top squad taking on a bruised and battered young club at the end of a rough road trip.
The Jazz came into Monday’s meeting winners of five straight and flexed their muscles from the opening tip – jumping out to an early lead and never looking back to send the shorthanded Cavaliers home with a 114-75 loss at Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City.
Already without Kevin Love and having moved the big man who started the season and his backup at the Deadline last week, the Cavs also lost Larry Nance Jr.