SALT LAKE CITY — The most memorable part of Friday night’s preseason game between the Phoenix Suns and Utah Jazz was the unfortunate play that resulted in tough-luck Dante Exum getting hurt, of course.
That ugly moment happened in the second quarter when Suns forward TJ Warren landed hard on Exum while trying to block a layup by the Jazz point guard. The 6-foot-8, 225-pound Phoenix player’s momentum drove Exum’s left side into the Vivint Arena court.
Exum quickly grasped his left shoulder and writhed in pain on the hardwood floor for a moment before hopping up and sprinting to the locker room.