Immediately after Utah walked off the court at American Airlines Arena on Monday night, the wagons began circling the Jazz.
Utah fell 110-104 to the Luka Doncic-less Mavericks, struggling to contain Dallas' guards at the point of attack and forcing Utah's all-NBA big man Rudy Gobert into impossible situations trying to protect the rim and defend shooters at the three-point line. What resulted was a 24-11 run by the Mavericks to end the game, 15 of which came from behind the arc.
"We just have to embrace defense, all of us," Gobert said Monday. "We gotta understand that we can guard any kind of lineup.