Overview
- The Utah Jazz beat the Memphis Grizzlies 109-100, with Darryn Peterson posting 25 points and 12 assists in Monday’s Salt Lake City Summer League game to push Utah to 2-0.
- Memphis’ No. 3 pick Cameron Boozer finished with 18 points, seven rebounds and four assists and shot efficiently from deep, but his team trailed when Utah exploited a bench and paint advantage.
- Utah outscored Memphis 40-19 with its reserves and won the points-in-the-paint battle 44-38, a bench-driven margin that helped the Jazz pull away in the fourth quarter.
- The Jazz rested Darryn Peterson, Ace Bailey and Cody Williams for their final Salt Lake City game and plan to have the trio available in Las Vegas while monitoring Bailey’s day-to-day back spasms.
- Peterson’s back-to-back high-end games addressed pre-draft worries about his playmaking and turnovers and could speed how teams view his early role, even as Summer League minutes remain a limited sample.