As the Utah Jazz franchise kicked off their 52nd season in the NBA (and 47th in Utah) on Wednesday night, nobody in the fanbase suspected that history was about to be made.
With the Jazz coming off a tanking season in 2024-25 that resulted in a franchise-worst 17-65 mark, it was unexpected that history of a better kind was in the making this time around.
The Jazz scored early and often in a blowout win over the Los Angeles Clippers that night, giving the home crowd something they had waited years for - hope.
To understand the significance of the Jazz's win, we checked the highest-scoring opening games in Jazz franchise history.