“Very close game, you say? But the Jazz were up by 19!" I know these are the words you’re saying. But it’s true: the second half of that game had nine ties, 11 lead changes, and only two minutes where the game was separated by more than one shot. And neither team ever had more than a six-point lead in the second half, every possession mattered greatly.
For a team that’s at the end of a 3-game road trip, and at the end of a 12-game stretch which featured games in 11 different cities, that’s really rough. It didn’t give them a chance to breathe.