Steve Griffin
Utah Jazz forward Derrick Favors (15) rips down a rebound during the Toronto Raptors versus Utah Jazz preseason NBA basketball game at Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018.
Although it was still just a preseason game, Tuesday night’s contest at Vivint Arena between the Utah Jazz and Toronto Raptors provided the Jazz a much better measuring stick to assess their progress than the preseason opener against the Perth Wildcats.
While the Jazz wound up winning 105-90 thanks to a wonky second half that saw the Raptors play their starters very little, a prevailing thought after the game was how poorly Utah performed in the second quarter when both teams’ coaches played a more normal rotation.