Just minutes before tipoff, it was announced that three-time defensive player of the year Rudy Gobert would miss Sunday's vital showdown in Texas.
With no Gobert to protect the paint and no Bojan Bogdanovic, Utah's second-leading scorer, to stretch the defense, it meant the Jazz were going to be without two key components on both ends of the court.
Despite being massively shorthanded, Utah showed a lot of heart and a lot of fight before falling 114-100 to Dallas on Sunday night. With the loss, the Jazz move into the No. 5 spot in the NBA standings, one game behind the No.