It's time to rest and reset.
Entering Wednesday night with a six-game winning streak, Utah struggled in the closing minutes of the fourth quarter and fell 106-101 to the Lakers.
"When the game did get close, I thought that we could've done more together in execution situations," head coach Quin Snyder said. "It's not effort, it's mental focus. … It's treating every possession as important. Our offense hurt our defense. … We didn't execute and it gave them life."
In the final game before the all-star break, Utah will now have a chance to get fully healthy and make a late-season push for the postseason.