The league wanted to give Mexico a taste of the NBA. After today those fans are going to have a bitter aftertaste. The Utah Jazz and Orlando Magic looked like a couple of teams that either had too much of a good time in Mexico City last night or had A LOT of trouble getting used to the altitude. The Orlando Magic beat the Utah Jazz . It wasn’t exactly pretty, and it resulted in a terrible loss in a stretch in their schedule that doesn’t have many gimmes.
In the first half alone, the Utah Jazz and Orlando Magic both had two of the Association’s worst offensive ratings for a first half in the same game.