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Utah Jazz host Portland Trail Blazers in last preseason dress rehearsal

Tonight is the last dress rehearsal of the preseason. The Utah Jazz will host the Portland Trail Blazers as they look to dial in more defensively and gain more chemistry in their soon to be regular rotational minutes. In Utah’s last game, they struggled on the defensive end which Quin Snyder attributed more to attention and effort rather than the lack of ability.

Rudy Gobert—who is Utah’s main weapon on that end—has not been as dominant in the preseason as he was in FIBA and last season. That could be due to Gobert trying to prevent himself from getting hurt in a game that doesn’t count right before the regular season and trusting in his abilities.