Jazz unveil preseason schedule for 2012

SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah Jazz announced Friday the team’s eight-game 2012 preseason schedule which will feature three home games at EnergySolutions Arena, including the finale against Damian Lillard's Portland Trail Blazers.
The Jazz will open the preseason at the Golden State Warriors on Oct. 8. Jazz fans will get their first chance to see the team in Salt Lake City when the Jazz hosts Northwest Division rival Oklahoma City on Oct. 12. Utah will then play three straight games in Southern California, facing the Los Angeles Lakers at Staples Center on Oct. 13, then again in Anaheim, Calif., on Oct. 16, before facing the Clippers the following night at Staples Center on Oct. 17. This will be the fourth time in the last six years that the Lakers and Jazz will meet in Anaheim.
The Jazz then hosts the Clippers in the return match on Oct. 20 before wrapping up the preseason with consecutive games against the Portland Trail Blazers, Oct. 22 in Portland and Oct. 25 in Salt Lake City.
This year’s schedule marks the second time in three years that the Jazz will host three preseason games in Salt Lake City. The 2010 preseason was the first time this ever occurred, and was the first time since 2001 that the team played three preseason games in the state of Utah.
While Utah also played the Trail Blazers twice in the 2011 preseason, and faced the Clippers and Lakers in the 2010 preseason, the Jazz will face Oklahoma City for the first time since 2004 when they were still the Seattle SuperSonics, and meet Golden State in the preseason for the first time since 1995.
2012-13 season ticket packages are currently on sale. Jazz mini-packages will go on sale Aug. 10 at 10 a.m. MT at utahjazz.com or by phone at (801) 355-DUNK. Jazz preseason tickets go on sale Sept. 5 at 10 a.m. MT, while regular season single-game tickets will go on sale Oct. 3, at 10 a.m. at utahjazz.com, the EnergySolutions Arena box office, or by phone at (801) 355-SEAT.
Complete 2012 Utah Jazz preseason schedule:
DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME (MT)
Mon, Oct. 8 at Golden State Oakland, CA (Oracle Arena) 8:30 p.m.
Fri, Oct. 12 vs. OKLAHOMA CITY EnergySolutions Arena 7 p.m.
Sat, Oct. 13 at L.A. Lakers Los Angeles, CA (Staples Center) 8:30 p.m.
Tue, Oct. 16 vs. L.A. Lakers Anaheim, CA (Honda Center) 8 p.m.
Wed, Oct. 17 at L.A. Clippers Los Angeles, CA (Staples Center) 8:30 p.m.
Sat, Oct. 20 vs. L.A. CLIPPERS EnergySolutions Arena 7 p.m.
Mon, Oct. 22 at Portland Portland, OR (Rose Garden) 8 p.m.
Thu, Oct. 25 vs. PORTLAND EnergySolutions Arena 7 p.m.