Los Angeles • After putting up a ton of points in the preseason, then struggling to the century mark in the season opener against the Thunder, the Jazz came into the follow-up on Friday against the Lakers with a definite idea of what needed to improve.
“Mike Conley shot 1 for 16!” Jeff Green deadpanned pregame, enunciating the name loudly for the benefit of the point guard, who was sitting mere feet away in the cramped visitors’ locker room at the Staples Center.
“I mean, we won,” Green elaborated. “You have ugly games, and we had one of those.