SALT LAKE CITY — Ahead of the Utah Jazz’s home opener Friday against the Golden State Warriors, Coach Steve Kerr joked with the media during shootaround.
“Hopefully we cut it to 20 (points) this year,” Kerr responded when asked about the previous three-game losing streak to Utah which included losses of 30 and 40 points to the Jazz in Salt Lake City.
“This year is a totally different year,” he added. “Last year is last year. It’s a really good challenge.”
The Jazz entered the game as the only team to post a winning record against the defending champions in the last two seasons, by an average margin of nearly 30 points per game, but came up short this time around after a game-winning tip-in by former Jazzman Jonas Jerebko with 0.