Utah Jazz's Derrick Favors, center, loses control of the ball to Boston Celtics' Marcus Smart (36) during the second quarter of an NBA basketball game in Boston, Monday, Feb. 29, 2016. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
“I think the last two (losses) especially have been pretty deflating for us. We’ve got to find a way to pick ourselves up.”
BOSTON — Heads of Utah Jazz players in the quiet and somber TD Garden visitors’ locker room were slumped, gazing down but at nothing.
The thick silence was only broken when a few guys, when asked, explained the feeling around the team on a night when a bounce-back win devolved into a gut-wrenching 100-95 loss to the Boston Celtics.