Kings crushed in NBA stoush

AUSTRALIAN NBA pair Dante Exum and Joe Ingles were central figures as Utah easily beat the NBL’s Sydney Kings 108-83 in a historic preseason game in Salt Lake City.

It looked ugly early for the Kings, the Jazz threatening to run away with what was the first-ever official NBA pre-season game against NBL rivals.

But once the shock and awe subsided, Andrew Gaze’s men steadied and even won the second quarter against last season’s Western Conference semi-finalists.