The Utah Jazz wants to finish the preseason unbeaten in its visit to Sacramento to face some Kings that have been irregular during this phase prior to the regular season, which starts next Tuesday, October 16.
The Sacramento Kings come to this game with the hope of improving their current record of 2 wins and 2 losses. “The Kings” opened the preseason game with a victory over the Phoenix Suns and then lost twice in a row to the Los Angeles Lakers and the Golden State Warriors, and in their most recent game they won a win of 132 -100 against the squad of Maccabi Haifa Basketball Club of the Leumit League.
It is important to mention that Sacramento presented the same initial alignment in their first three games, to change the table a bit in their most recent showdown. The only constants have been Justin Jackson, De’Aaron Fox and Willie Cauley-Stein.
The Jazz want to start the regular season with momentum after surprising the locals and strangers of the past tournament and reaching the semifinals of the Western Conference. Utah has won all four of its pre-season games, including a stunning victory in Portland against Damian Lillard and its Trail Blazer, and now the Kings are the final obstacle to a perfect close.
The newcomer of the Jazz, Donovan Mitchell, had a great impact on the team and continues to demonstrate to be the leader of scoring for his team in the two previous games. In addition it is necessary to consider that Utah counts on one of the best defensive ones of the NBA, Rudy Gobert, who is in form to compete before anyone.
Utah Jazz is one of the top ten teams in the NBA while the Kings are at the bottom when it comes to that. In this preliminary phase, the Jazz has a margin of victory of 28.5 points per game, while those of Sacramento have -1 point. On the strategic side, Quin Snyder of the Jazz has shown in recent years that he is one of the best coaches in the NBA. Dave Joerger of Sacramento, on the other hand, is still in the process of reforming with the Kings and has experimented quite a bit with young players.