Jazz Notes from Utah’s double-date with Denver

Granny always cautioned me: if you go on enough rides with the devil, eventually he’s going to drive. That’s what happened the second time Denver took Utah’s hand and led her to the dance floor.

The final leg of Utah’s double-date with the Denver Nuggets was much less friendly as the Western Conference contenders wrestled away the series lead in the Delta Center from the rising Jazz. Yes, Utah’s starters took an early lead once again in the rematch — even without the services of Lauri Markkanen or Jusuf Nurkic — but a dominant second quarter gave way to a double-digit lead Denver maintained through each layer of the depth chart.

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But this is still the preseason. Win or lose, we really shouldn’t take too much stock of what we see on the court before the results matter.

Unless, of course, what we see on the court makes us clasp our hands together and shout: “Let ’em know, DP!” without a living soul in earshot. In that case, shout your observations from the rooftops.

Here I sit upon my digital shingles. Notebook in hand, illegible scribbles lining the pages, I’ve got some takeaways from Utah’s first two preseason appearances. For once and only once, I’m sharing a private diary entry for anyone with internet access to read.

This had better not come back to haunt me.

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4 notes from the Utah Jazz’s first 2 preseason games

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