SALT LAKE CITY — When the NBA announced this season’s schedule last August, the league noted that 42 games would be played on Saturday and Sunday afternoons, “primetime” viewing hours for fans in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The announcement noted that it would be the most such games the league has ever scheduled.
Saturday’s contest between the Utah Jazz and San Antonio Spurs was one of the 42, and it was a rather fitting matchup. The Spurs have long had a heavy international influence on their rosters, and the Jazz have over the past few seasons.