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After blowing out the Trail Blazers, a team flush with returning guys and looking to make a deep run in the playoffs this season, new Jazz coach Quin Snyder was tempered in his enthusiasm.This is how last year started, too.And …Well …Let's just wait a little while before making too many sweeping statements. At least until we see how the Blazers respond Thursday night in Portland."We didn't play well offensively," said former Jazzman Wesley Matthews. "There are nights like that and I'd much rather have it in the preseason than the regular season. That's what the preseason is for. We missed 52 shots or something like that. … So hopefully Thursday that will correct itself."The Jazz do, however, have cause for optimism.And that definitely showed through in the locker room after the 92-73 win.Enes Kanter: "Coming into this locker room and seeing the smiles on peoples' faces, it's just priceless."Gordon Hayward: "There were moments there when you could see the potential of the things we're trying to do. It definitely puts a smile on your face."Trey Burke: "We showed flashes of what can be."Here's what was Tuesday …• The Jazz hit 47 percent of their free throws in the first half, something Snyder attributed to being nervous. The coach did like the way his team attacked the basket and got to the rim.• While the Portland starters were pulled just shy of 20 minutes on the floor, Snyder rode his starters longer. The Jazz aren't established like Portland. And Snyder (kind of channeling Ty Corbin here) said, "We're trying to find out who we are."• Trevor Booker was the first guy off the bench, but that doesn't necessarily mean he will be going forward."I don't know the rotation after the first game," Snyder said. That might be good news for forward Jeremy Evans, who didn't see the floor until late in the third quarter.• Maybe a little glimpse into the coach's thinking and approach. He praised Booker for contesting a shot and running a guy off the 3-point line by saying, "There's a 7 percent differential when you contest shots versus open shots."• Blazers center Chris Kaman got a close-up look at Rudy Gobert. "He's a humongous, hu-MAN-gous person. He's got a 7-foot-10 wingspan or something," Kaman said.• Gobert will be a rotation guy. He's becoming too good defensively not to be. Of course, he still has room to improve.Here's one way: "We reminded Rudy that he's not supposed to be up the floor like his is with the French national team," Snyder said. "I want him back near the basket where he's blocking shots. We have a lot of habits to work on. … He's the perfect example [for the team]. His habits will continue to improve. I think that's true of all of us as a group."• Dante Exum disrupted defensively, was typically fast. But he lucked into his first bucket and badly missed a 15-footer.• The Jazz attempted 14 3-pointers. Too many? Too few?"I want more of them if they're open and less if they're not," Snyder said. "I think we've just got to get clean looks. Enes was in front of the bench on that first one. I think he knew everyone on the bench wanted him to shoot it. Trevor took one form the corner. A day ago, he took one like a foot inside the line. So it was good to see that. We just want to get in the habit of taking open 3s instead of long-2s."• By the way, Kanter clarified on Twitter that "3-point" in Turkish is UCH-LUK.• Trey Burke had 11 points, four assists and two turnovers. Snyder, unprompted, praised the second-year guard for how he ran the offense. Said Burke, "I think the game has just slowed down a little for me. … I'm not in such a hurry out there."• Burke had both knees wrapped and both ankles in ice buckets after the game. It's not something he did last year as a rookie."I think it's something I'm going to do all year," he said. "It will definitely help me come Game 65, Game 75."• No practice tomorrow before the Jazz fly to Portland in the afternoon.— Aaron Falk