The Utah Jazz and Portal Trail Blazers have had shaky starts to begin the 2025-26 NBA season. Portland look solid early on, but has since fizzled out, while Utah is still in the midst of its rebuild. The Trail Blazers are 9-16 and sit No. 11 in the Western Conference, while the Jazz are 8-15 and hold the No. 12 spot.

Kevin Love doesn't play a lot of minutes for the Utah Jazz. Friday, the 37-year-old turned back the block and reminded the world he's an NBA champion and Hall of Famer.

Although former UCF Knights legend Taylor Hendricks was drafted ninth overall by the Utah Jazz at the 2023 NBA Draft, his October 2024 injury will be the first thing that most will remember him by. Hendricks suffered a scary leg injury in Utah’s third game of last season. After his injury, Hendricks was done for the season.

The Utah Jazz are one of the few teams around the NBA that have some immense cap flexibility heading into this year's trade deadline, and there might be an opportunity for them to use it to their advantage.

While a throwback performance sparked a love affair with a veteran, it was one of the Utah Jazz's young players who had a career night on Friday.

In the latest Stein Line, Marc Stein reiterated his latest on the Lauri Markkanen situation. A Thursday night update because NBA Trade Season is closing in? A must. The latest in full with Dec. 15 fast approaching: https://t.co/FqCwodAFUd 📷: @chicagobulls pic.twitter.com/XkkQcsVxAw

The New York Knicks jumped on the Utah Jazz with a 23-0 lead Friday night, the largest game-opening run in the NBA since the league began keeping detailed play-by-play for all four quarters.

Check out the best moments from Friday night's NBA action, including brilliant performances from Donovan Mitchell, Joel Embiid and Stephen Curry.

Utah Jazz coach Will Hardy's expletive-filled timeout rant went viral as Utah struggled with another blowout loss, this time to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday.