Jazz drops its third consecutive game in a post-Thanksgiving flat performance at the Lakers

LOS ANGELES – After-Thanksgiving basketball was played at Staples Center on Friday.

And that's exactly what it was like at the very beginning, since the Utah Jazz was in town to face the Los Angeles Lakers.

Bad shot (control).

A crowd of business figures (check).

Unsightly execution (verification).

The performance was certainly not the best of either team, but the Lakers won a 90-83 victory, giving Utah its third consecutive loss and fifth in a six-game streak.

The jazz star, Donovan Mitchell, was ruled out after being tainted by ribs early in the second quarter and would not come back.

Alec Burks scored 17 seconds and 5 rebounds, a team-high, while Joe Ingles added 16 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists in 7-of-12 shots.

Overall, however, Utah achieved only 38.8% of its field goals and 17.4% beyond the bow. Before Mitchell's injury, he was only 2-on-9 on the court and 0- 4 out of 3 as well.

After falling to 8-11 in the season, Jazz coach Quin Snyder admitted beforehand that the team's sense of urgency should increase.

"Obviously, we feel the urgency of the many games we have played," Snyder said. "But I do not want to say that the season is young, but I want our guys to understand that there's work to be done, keep going and keep going, and hope we'll be a better team next month." are right now and so on. We also understand that this is not the pre-season.

The struggles of Utah in Los Angeles began to intensify in the first quarter, from 1 to 11 against 3 (9.1%) and from 7 to 27 among the players (25.9% ), with 11 points behind. after 12 minutes.

Then, despite having shot only 35.4% of the field in the first half – and 18.8% against three – the Jazz tied the game at 38-38 at halftime. Utah's 38 points were the season's lowest for points scored in the first half and lowest for his opponent.

Utah was going to take the lead by three early in the second period, as no other Laker, with the exception of LeBron James, had a decisive pass for nearly three full quarters, up to the end of the second period. James inscribed nine of his 22 points in the fourth quarter. The Lakers fired 52.4% of the field in fourth place as well.

James also had 10 rebounds and seven assists in the evening as Brandon Ingram finished with 24 points and six rebounds, plus a pair of solid dunks in the first quarter.

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Defensively, the Jazz has scored 27 points on 23 turnovers, but has failed to defeat his marksmanship, as four of his next five games are played from Sunday, November 25 in Sacramento.

"I thought that they were going out a little hotter this year," said Kyle Kuzma, a former Utah University star, who scored nine points and six rebounds against the Jazz. "But last year, they could sneak in, but I think this year everyone knows that they will become a great team and that they know how good they are, so I'm sure they'll get out of it. "