Playing their third game in as many nights and for the seventh time in 10 days, the Jazz fell behind early and couldn’t recover, losing 86-78 to the Washington Wizards on Wednesday night.
Washington opened with a 33-18 lead after the first quarter and it was enough to sustain them through the rest of the game. Although the Jazz made a nice 13-0 to start the fourth quarter, they couldn’t quite get over the hump.
Bryce Cotton was the spark behind the Jazz’s late-game surge and finished with 20 points, four rebounds, three steals and two assists in 26 minutes of action.