The Jazz overcame a slow start to stay undefeated in preseason play with a 123-112 victory over the Blazers Sunday night in Portland.
"We didn't play good defense, and a lot of it was just not being focused," Jazz head coach Quin Snyder said after the game. "There were breakdowns, and I don't think we had the level of intensity we needed against a team with terrific offensive players."
Portland's big three of Damian Lillard (23 points), CJ McCollum (21 points) and Jusuf Nurkic (20 points) combined for 64 points on 25-for-33 (75.8 percent) shooting. None of them played in the fourth quarter.