Mexico City • As much as can possibly be expected, the Utah Jazz’s game against the Orlando Magic in Mexico City will be a pretty standard road affair.
The team is flying in the afternoon before the game, as usually, which has the added bonus of mitigating the impact of the altitude on their performance. Mexico City is at 7,400 feet while Salt Lake City is at about 4,200 feet. Mexico City is closer to Salt Lake City than Orlando, so they even save some travel time over a normal trip to Florida.
They’ll bus to their fancy team hotel, enjoy dinner, and then play a game relatively early the next day.