{"id":23219,"date":"2025-10-25T17:51:29","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T17:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/23219\/"},"modified":"2025-10-25T17:51:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T17:51:29","slug":"utah-jazz-vs-sacramento-kings-preview-can-the-jazz-replicate-game-ones-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/23219\/","title":{"rendered":"Utah Jazz vs Sacramento Kings preview: Can the Jazz replicate game one\u2019s success?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Utah Jazz were one of the biggest surprises in the NBA\u2019s opening slate of games, trouncing the Clippers by 21 points in an ultra efficient win on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Jazz got a little bit of help from everyone. Lauri Markkanen, Walker Kessler and Brice Sensabaugh all scored 20-plus points, while point guards Keyonte George and Walt Clayton Jr. combined for 14 assists and only five turnovers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Now, Utah will go on the road for the first time this season, to face a Sacramento Kings team that finds itself once again without a sense of direction on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Kings held a 17-point halftime lead against the Phoenix Suns on Wednesday, but couldn\u2019t capitalize off of their hot shooting in the first half. The Suns rallied back to win 120-116, in a night that Kings fans would like to forget. Damontas Sabonis missed game one with a hamstring injury, while veterans Zach Lavine and Demar Derozan combined for 59 points in the loss.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Sabonis is questionable for Friday night\u2019s game against the Jazz.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Isaiah Collier \u2014 OUT (right hamstring strain)<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Georges Niang \u2014 OUT (left foot stress reaction)<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Damontis Sabonis \u2014 Questionable (right hamstring strain)<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Nique Clifford \u2014 OUT (right hamstring strain)<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Who: Utah Jazz at Sacramento Kings<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">When: Friday at 8 p.m. MDT<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Where: Golden 1 Center, Sacramento, Calif.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Utah Jazz were one of the biggest surprises in the NBA\u2019s opening slate of games, trouncing the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23220,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[18215,18216,121,123,122,18202],"class_list":{"0":"post-23219","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sacramento","8":"tag-jazz-game-preview","9":"tag-jazz-game-threads","10":"tag-sacramento","11":"tag-sacramento-headlines","12":"tag-sacramento-news","13":"tag-utah-jazz-game-coverage"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23219\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}