SALT LAKE CITY — Considering one game is the smallest of sample sizes — 1.22 percent of an 82-game schedule, if we’re going to break out our calculators — it’s difficult to know exactly what to take away from the Utah Jazz’s season-opening win.
The Deseret News only allows us to break out of the time-traveling DeLorean for special occasions, so we’ll have to go with what we have and evaluate Quin Snyder’s squad based on those 48 minutes of play.
Here are several things we learned about the team from their season-opening 106-96 victory:
• First, the $125 million seems to have been well spent — and we’re talking about the Vivint Arena renovations, not the $110 million the team will fork out for players' salaries this season.