A sluggish first half gave way to an exciting finish, but the Jazz couldn't quite make up their early deficit in a 98-89 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder Monday night in Salt Lake City.
"I liked how we competed on the defensive end. The offense will come. We've just got to maintain a defensive mindset," Jazz head coach Quin Snyder said. "It was a tough night offensively. We had some open looks and missed some stuff at the rim, and at one point cut it to five in spite of that. I thought we hung in there and competed.