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During player introductions before Thursday night's preseason finale, the crowd at EnergySolutions cheered as Alec Burks' name boomed over the speakers.

One problem: Rodney Hood got the start at shooting guard. So, yeah, Utah Jazz coach Quin Snyder's tweaks to the starting lineup threw a few people for a loop.

But not the Jazz themselves.

With Hood and point guard Raul Neto starting in place of Burks and Trey Burke, Utah jumped out to a 14-0 lead on the Denver Nuggets and never looked back.

So afterward, the new-look starting five got some nice reviews.

"I like it," center Rudy Gobert said. "I think it's great to have Trey and Alec coming off the bench, you know, to give us a spark offensively. And Raul and Rodney start with physicality on the best offensive players."

Gobert said Jazz starters "played with more intensity" early again Denver.

"Trey's more of an offensive guard and Raul's more a defensive guard. So everybody has his strength," Gobert said. "Trey can impact the games more from the bench. I think it was a great idea to put Raul in the starting lineup."

Is this the starting lineup the Jazz will roll out on opening night?

"We haven't made decisions about all those things," Snyder said, adding that moves were about maximizing the production of different combinations. "Everybody wants to start. Rodney wants to start. Alec wants to start. Trey wants to start. Raul wants to start. But the thing that we have is a group that, I think, understands the value of the team is bigger than any one of us. They're willing to do what needs to be done."

The rookie Neto put together a nice game on Thursday, scoring 10 points to go with an assist and a steal. But if he's back on the bench when the Jazz open the regular season next Wednesday in Detroit, he won't mind.

"I like to play," he said. "I don't care if I'm in the starting lineup."

Burke, meanwhile, continued his impressive preseason play by scoring a team-high 17 points on 7-of-12 shooting. The point guard was moved to the bench for the second half of last season, and said he wasn't bothered by Thursday's moves either.

Snyder "just said tonight that was the lineup he was going to go with," Burke said. "To me, I think it could go either way and we'll be pretty good."

Point Gobert

Gobert added to his highlight reel on Thursday by finishing a couple of alley-oops. But the 7-footer's best moment of the night might have come when he stole the ball at mid court and drove to the basket, finishing off the play with a Eurostep and layup.

"That was impressive," Neto said. "A guy with his size just doing that, that play — he's really good. I was behind in case something went wrong, but he did well."

"It's what I do," Gobert said with a smile.

So could Gobert have a future as a point guard?

"I don't think so," Neto said. "I think that's too much."

Buzzer beater

Burke has made a few clutch shots in his short career.

On Thursday, he did something he said he's never done before. The point guard beat the buzzer for baskets to end the first, second and third quarters. The Jazz's 20-point lead at the end of the game had Burke on the bench to end the fourth.

Day off

The Jazz did not hold practice Friday. The team opens the regular season next week on the road with games at Detroit, Philadelphia and Indianapolis.

"I wouldn't say happy," Gobert said with where the Jazz stand after a 3-4 preseason. But after Thursday's win, he said, "I'm glad we know everybody is dialed in and ready go."