The Jazz are winless against fellow NBA teams in the preseason, their only victory coming over the Australian club team Adelaide 36ers. Utah lost their next two games to the Bucks and Pelicans, squandering an 11-point fourth-quarter lead to New Orleans and losing by a single point.
The Kings are coming off of their most impressive game of the preseason after defeating the Phoenix Suns 105-88 at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento. It was a needed victory for the Kings who had dropped their first two exhibition games to the Pacers in the India Games.