The Utah Jazz had their second to last preseason rehearsal on Sunday night as they visited the Portland Trail Blazers. And although the final score looked nice – Utah won by a score of 123-112 – the way they got there wasn’t exactly so.
In the first three quarters while Utah’s main rotation was up against Portland’s main rotation, the Jazz were thoroughly outplayed. Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum were pretty much allowed to score at will. The former went 9-of-11 from the field and 4-of-5 from deep while the latter went 8-of-13 from the field and 3-of-6 from the perimeter to finish with 23 and 21 points, respectively.