The Utah Jazz have now dropped to a 1-4 record to start their 2026-27 campaign after a 111-117 loss to the San Antonio Spurs on their home floor in the Delta Center.

While of course, dropping four of five games to start off any season is far from an ideal beginning to the year, this game shouldn't be considered a disaster for the Jazz by any means.

In a game where Utah was forced without their two best players in Lauri Markkanen and Jaren Jackson Jr. , this young roster clawed their way to an overtime battle against the reigning champion San Antonio Spurs, and were just a few key plays away in that extra period from turning the tides, and making the end result look a bit better than it winds up as.

Yet, the Jazz came up short, now falling to an early fourth loss of the year in this one.…