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NBA schedule is out, here’s what Jazz fans need to know
The Utah Jazz’s 2024-25 season will tip off at home when the Memphis Grizzlies visit the Delta Center on Oct. 23, marking the first time the two teams have met for a season debut.
On Thursday, the NBA released the full schedule for the 2024-25 season, which will run from Oct. 22 to April 13. The schedule defines 80 of each team’s 82 regular-season games. Two games per team will be played between Dec. 10-16 and scheduled at a later date based on group play results in the in-season tournament, the NBA Cup.
Utah’s NBA Cup group play games will be played Nov. 12 vs. the Phoenix Suns, Nov. 19 at the Los Angeles Lakers, Nov. 26 vs. the San Antonio Spurs and Dec. 3 at the Oklahoma City Thunder.
The Jazz are scheduled to play in seven nationally televised games (five on NBA TV, one on ESPN, one on TNT), which ranks pretty low, but is not the fewest games for an NBA team. The Brooklyn Nets (5), Chicago Bulls (5), Detroit Pistons (4), Portland Trail Blazers (4), Toronto Raptors (4) and Washington Wizards (5) will all play fewer games in the national spotlight.
Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Lakers (39), Golden State Warriors (36), New York Knicks (34) and reigning champion Boston Celtics (34) lead the way for the most national TV games.
The Jazz will play their second game of the season Oct. 25 against the Warriors before heading out for their first road game, an Oct. 28 contest against Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks.
The Jazz’s opening-night tilt at the Delta Center is set to be Ja Morant’s first game back for the Grizzlies since Jan. 5, 2024. He played in just nine games last season (following suspension) before having season-ending shoulder surgery.
December will be a grueling month for the Jazz, with seven of the 10 scheduled games to be played on the road. Depending on the scheduling of the final two regular-season games, there’s a chance the Jazz could be on the road from Dec. 2 through Dec. 27.
The Jazz will play five games in October, 14 games in November, at least 12 games in December, 16 games in January, 12 games in February, 17 games in March and six games in April.
This season the Jazz will play in 15 back-to-back sets. The Jazz All-Star break will run from Feb. 13-20 and the Jazz’s longest homestand begins with the final game prior to the All-Star break on Feb. 12 against the Lakers. When the Jazz return from the All-Star break they will play seven straight games at home, a stretch that will take them into March.
For the full NBA schedule by team, click here. For the Utah Jazz only schedule click here.
SALT LAKE CITY — A California man in Utah, as part of his duties with the National Guard, is accused of trying to solicit sex from a young teenager.
Joshua Ruben Rodriguez, 29, of Fresno, was charged Tuesday in 3rd District Court with attempted rape of a child, a first-degree felony, and enticement of a minor, a second-degree felony.
The investigation began when an agent with the Utah State Bureau of Investigation posed as a 13-year-old girl on a “popular social media site … in an attempt to locate and apprehend adults attempting to have sexual contact with children,” according to charging documents.
On April 16, Rodriguez sent the agent a message — believing he was talking to a teen girl — that stated, “I’ll be direct with you, I would like to get to know you and (have sex with) your mind into a daze to where you feel like a woman,” according to charging documents.
When the “girl” asked if he had a problem with her age, Rodriguez replied, “I don’t have a problem with your age,” the charges state.
The agent told Rodriguez to meet at an apartment complex in Salt Lake County where the girl lived, claiming her mother would be gone. When Rodriguez arrived, he was taken into custody, the charges state.
“(Rodriguez) does not have ties to Utah. He is a resident of Fresno, California. (He) was in town as part of his military service with the California National Guard,” prosecutors stated in charging documents while requesting he be held without bail pending trial.
ST. GEORGE, Utah (KUTV) — One person was hospitalized at the St. George Regional Hospital after a car rolled and caught fire just south of the Utah-Arizona border.
The Beaver Dam and Littlefield Fire Department in Arizona said its crews responded to the crash near the Black Rock Road exit – roughly two miles south of the state border – on Sunday night.
Upon arrival, crews put out the car fire and found the driver had left the scene. A single occupant, who was able to get out of the car on their own, was transported to the hospital by a Beaver Dam ambulance.
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Their condition has not been publicly released.
Details on what led to the crash and the condition of the driver were not immediately available.
The Beaver Dam and Littlefield Fire Department said law enforcement investigated the scene.
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SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Jazz missed out on the NBA Playoffs, but still scored a big win thanks to a coin flip.
In Monday’s tiebreaker coin flip to determine who had the fourth-worst record in the league last season, the Jazz came out winners over the Sacramento Kings, who had the same 22-60 record.
Had the Jazz lost the coin flip, they would have been fifth in NBA Draft Lottery odds. Only the worst four teams are guaranteed to remain within the top eight of the lottery.
If Utah had fallen to fifth, there would have been the chance they could have dropped out of the top 8 teams in the lottery, and owed the draft pick to Oklahoma City, which was top-8 protected in a previous trade.
The Jazz now have an 11.5 percent chance to win the first overall pick in the NBA Draft Lottery, which is scheduled for Sunday, May 10.
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