SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Donovan Mitchell scored 11 of his 24 points in the fourth quarter and the Utah Jazz overcame an uneven performance on both ends of the floor to beat the Sacramento Kings 123-117 in the season opener for both teams Wednesday night.

SALT LAKE CITY — Bringing back a roster virtually unchanged from the end of last season isn’t intended to be a sign that the Utah Jazz have embraced the status quo.

One day after players excitedly leaked photos on social media of the new threads, the Utah Jazz officially unveiled purple throwback uniforms Thursday to be worn nine times during the 2018-19 season, the 40th season the Jazz will play in the state of Utah.

The Utah Jazz announced the team’s 2018-19 schedule as the NBA unrolled league-wide schedules Friday.

The Utah Jazz opened a roster spot Saturday morning by announcing the team had waived forward Jonas Jerebko.

SALT LAKE CITY — No roster makeover for the Utah Jazz.

SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Jazz of the 2018-19 season will look much the same as last season.

The Utah Jazz have drafted Duke wing player Grayson Allen with the 21st pick in the 2018 NBA Draft.

HOUSTON — Chris Paul scored a playoff career-high 41 points with eight 3-pointers to finally reach the conference finals, helping the Houston Rockets eliminate the Utah Jazz 112-102 in Game 5 on Tuesday night.

HOUSTON — Joe Ingles scored a career-high 27 points and the Utah Jazz squandered a huge early lead before using a big fourth quarter to regain control and beat the Houston Rockets 116-108 on Wednesday night and tie the Western Conference semifinals at 1-1.

SALT LAKE CITY — Donovan Mitchell scored 38 points and the Utah Jazz held off the Oklahoma City Thunder 96-91 in Game 6 on Friday night to advance to the Western Conference semifinals.

SALT LAKE CITY — Ricky Rubio had 26 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists for Utah's first playoff triple-double in 17 years, and Donovan Mitchell added 22 points to lead the Jazz to a 115-102 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Saturday night and a 2-1 lead in their first-round series.

He’s back — again.

CLEVELAND — With their NBA title hopes fading fast, the Cavaliers got aggressive at the trade deadline, and it involved trading key pieces with the Utah Jazz.

MINNEAPOLIS — Jamal Crawford scored all 17 of his points in the fourth quarter and hit a 3-pointer with 27.5 seconds left that helped the Minnesota Timberwolves hold off the Utah Jazz 100-97 in their home opener on Friday night.

HILL AIR FORCE BASE — In recent years, the Utah Jazz have hosted an open scrimmage for the public as the NBA season approaches.

SALT LAKE CITY — Expectations were high for former Weber State great Joel Bolomboy entering NBA Summer League this summer with the Utah Jazz.

The Utah Jazz are opening Vivint Smart Home Arena to public tours Tuesday, Sept. 26, marking the completion of the arena's top-to-bottom, $125-million renovation, the team announced Tuesday.

The Utah Jazz have agreed to terms with former lottery pick Ekpe Udoh, according to reports from The Associated Press and The Vertical. The team also announced Thursday it has waived forward Boris Diaw.

The Utah Jazz have agreed to terms with free-agent swingman Thabo Sefolosha and big man Jonas Jerebko, according to reports from ESPN and The Vertical.

SALT LAKE CITY — It may have been a seemingly unimportant summer league game Thursday, but no one watching would have been able to tell.

SALT LAKE CITY — Dante Exum and rookie Donovan Mitchell led the Utah Jazz to escape the clutches of No. 1 pick Markelle Fultz and the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday night in a 100-94 win at the Huntsman Center during the second day of Utah Jazz Summer League.

My favorite band of all time, the Barenaked Ladies, released a song a few years ago titled, “You Run Away.” One verse reads, “I tried, but you tried harder. I lied, but you lied smarter. You made me guess who was it. I did my best, but it wasn’t enough.”

SALT LAKE CITY — In its first game of the Utah Jazz Summer League, the Utah Jazz took care of the San Antonio Spurs with a 87-74 victory inside the Huntsman Center at the campus of the University of Utah.

The Utah Jazz reached an agreement with the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday to acquire point guard Ricky Rubio.

SALT LAKE CITY — Nearly a week removed from the NBA Draft, the Utah Jazz introduced their three newest players Wednesday in 13th pick Donovan Mitchell, 28th pick Tony Bradley and 55th pick Nigel Williams-Goss at the Grand America Hotel.

SALT LAKE CITY — The renovation of Vivint SmartHome Arena is well underway and on track to be finished by its Sept. 15 deadline, project director Fred Strasser told members of the media Tuesday during a hard-hat tour of the facility.

SALT LAKE CITY — With four picks in the 2017 NBA Draft, the Utah Jazz were active throughout the evening Thursday, making trades to acquire Louisville shooting guard Donovan Mitchell and North Carolina forward Tony Bradley.

SALT LAKE CITY — Between the “Pray 4 Rudy” and “Take Note” signs decorating seemingly every overpass in the Salt Lake Valley, the whole state seemed, for once, bound together on something other than complaining about the inversion.

LOS ANGELES — Blake Griffin led a smash-mouth revival of Lob City with 24 points, DeAndre Jordan had a double-double and the Los Angeles Clippers beat the Utah Jazz 99-91 on Tuesday night to even their playoff series at 1-1.

SALT LAKE CITY — Winning in the NBA takes talent. It takes one of the highest levels of physical toughness in all of professional sports. What’s often overlooked, though, is the mental toughness required to compete at the NBA’s highest levels.

The last meaningful Utah Jazz playoff run came in the 2007 NBA postseason. The run ended against the wall of consistent basketball dominance that is the San Antonio Spurs (who won the title that season). No other postseason run has meant more to the franchise since.

SALT LAKE CITY — After an ugly home loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves, the Utah Jazz have won three straight to remain in fourth place in the Western Conference and on pace for a 50-win season.

The Utah Jazz looked nothing like the fifth-best team in the Western Conference when they lost to the Denver Nuggets on Tuesday night. Though they pulled within a few made buckets of forcing overtime or winning the game, they played poorly.

SALT LAKE CITY – The last thing the Utah Jazz have is a problem with the talent level at the point guard position. Right?

SALT LAKE CITY — Gordon Hayward went blow for blow with LeBron James in the second half to help the Utah Jazz beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 100-92 on Tuesday night.

SALT LAKE CITY — The 2015 NBA draft is littered with stars in the making, one arguable All-Star and at least two franchise cornerstones. These assumptions are widely accepted in the NBA after just more than a season of play for that draft class.

Former Weber State star Joel Bolomboy has bounced between the Utah Jazz and the team’s NBA Developmental League affiliate, the Salt Lake City Stars, during his first season as a professional.

SALT LAKE CITY — It’s no secret the Utah Jazz arguably boast the best defensive big man in the NBA. Jazz management raised more than a few eyebrows when they gave Rudy Gobert a $102 million contract in late October.

SALT LAKE CITY — The Golden State Warriors waltzed into Vivint Smart Home Arena on the second game of a back-to-back and predictably beat the Utah Jazz on Thursday night. Utah played without Gordon Hayward, Rodney Hood, Derrick Favors, George Hill, and Alec Burks.

SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Jazz were embarrassed in a 14-point loss to the Denver Nuggets on Sunday, but exacted a little revenge Wednesday with the return of their starting point guard.

ORLANDO, Fla. — It's been a grueling early season road swing for the Utah Jazz and it was pretty obvious during the first three quarters of their matchup with Orlando on Friday night.

SALT LAKE CITY — The offseason acquisition of George Hill was a clear upgrade at the point guard position for the Utah Jazz, but few expected this type of production from the nine-year veteran.

SALT LAKE CITY — Three games into the 2016-17 NBA season the Utah Jazz boast a record of 1-2, the last loss being the most worrisome.

SALT LAKE CITY — After six preseason games and an injury to star forward Gordon Hayward, more questions abound about the potential of the 2016-17 Utah Jazz than before summer league began.

SALT LAKE CITY - Utah Jazz forward Gordon Hayward fractured a finger on his left hand during practice Friday, the team announced.