SALT LAKE CITY, July 18 -- Primoz Brezec had 17 points and seven rebounds on Sunday night as the Charlotte Bobcats took control early in the game and cruised to an 85-63 win over Seattle to improve to 2-1 in the Rocky Mountain Revue.

“If we’re solid defensively then the offense will come. It was a great team effort all the way around. We have to be aggressive defensively and we were tonight,” said Jeff Capel, the team’s coach for the game. “Primoz Brezec was a lot more comfortable and confident. He and Melvin Ely seemed to complement one another very well and that will create a lot of high-low advantages for us.”

Charlotte scored the game’s first eight points en route to a 13-4 lead and then went ahead by 16 points at 24-8 at the end of the first quarter. The Bobcats shot .500 from the field and held Seattle to .235 (4-17). Seven different Charlotte players scored in the period and the Bobcats committed only one turnover.

The Bobcats increased their advantage to 35-11 early in the second period and extended the lead to 45-16 midway through the period. Charlotte scored 18 points off 17 Seattle turnovers in the opening half and hit 14-17 (.824) from the foul line.

Seattle cut into Charlotte’s advantage in the third quarter, moving within 11 points before the Bobcats rebounded to claim a 65-48 lead entering the fourth period. The Sonics shot .500 from the field.

But in the fourth quarter the Bobcats reclaimed a lead as large as 26 points and were never threatened.

The Bobcats sported a balanced scoring attack with Jason Kapono (14) and Danny Johnson (13) joining Brezec in double digits. Olumide Oyedeji and Bernard Robinson each scored eight points. Omar Cook dished out a game-best seven assists.

Charlotte shot .485 from the field for the game and scored 33 points off 30 Seattle turnovers.

Charlotte played without center Loren Woods, who missed the game due to a right thigh contusion.