The Utah Jazz managed to fell the Los Angeles Lakers in thrilling fashion on Tuesday, escaping with a 117-114 overtime win in Honolulu. “Houdini” himself, Alec Burks, along with Rodney Hood paced the Jazz with a combined 48 points to help the team improve to 2-0 in preseason play.
While preseason results are generally immaterial, it was great to see the young Jazz successfully navigate one of the more physical preseason games you will see and do so without injury. Jazz stars Gordon Hayward and Rudy Gobert did not play after the first quarter, while Derrick Favors sat out with a sore groin.