If there’s any outside concern that the success the Jazz had in last Thursday’s preseason finale vs. the Kings will engender a sense of complacency or false confidence heading into this Wednesday’s regular-season opener in Sacramento, no one in the organization seems to share it.
“Both teams will be different,” said coach Quin Snyder. “Really, it’s an easy demarcation.”
So, then, forget about the Jazz shooting 60 percent from the field, thanks in part to so thoroughly getting the Kings’ heads’ spinning on defense that Utah racked up 14 dunks, including seven alley-oops.
Forget about all those wide-open corner 3s, which paved the way for hitting 14 shots from deep and converting them at a 46.