SALT LAKE CITY — This one was over before many of the 17,000-plus fans had even settled into their seats at Vivint Arena as the Utah Jazz raced out to a 15-0 lead over a badly overmatched Perth Wildcats basketball team Saturday night.
Soon the Jazz led by as many as 31 points in the first quarter and eventually by 61 points in the fourth before winning by 58 in a 130-72 victory in the preseason opener.
The Jazz looked sharp in their first outing of 2018-19, shooting 71 percent midway through the second quarter, but at times it was hard to judge how improved they were over last year when, by their sheer domination, it looked like they were playing a junior college team.