Rich Pedroncelli, AP
Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert goes up for a dunk as Sacramento Kings' Iman Shumpert, left, and Harry Giles III, right, watch during the first quarter of an NBA preseason basketball game Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018, in Sacramento, Calif. . (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
SACRAMENTO — Perhaps the Sacramento Kings were just trying to lull the Utah Jazz to sleep Thursday night at Golden 1 Center since they’ll be playing each other again next week. How else can you explain how bad the Kings looked against the Jazz when they fell behind by 29 points in the first quarter and by as many as 38 in the first half?