What Happened: The Jazz suffered their first loss of the preseason with a 101-85 defeat at the hands of the Phoenix Suns. This was a game where Utah clearly ran out of gas in the second half. The Jazz looked fatigued, and as Gordon Hayward said later, they played like they were "stuck in the mud,". Utah falls to 2-1 in games that don't count.
What went right: Hayward and the first quarter offense. A 6-foot-8 small forward, Hayward had his best game of the preseason with 24 points. And it was an easy 24 as well. Hayward looks efficient, he looks confident, and he looks like a guy who can increase his production from the 19 points he averaged last season.