On Tuesday night, Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert sat in the emptiness of Crypto.com Arena, despondently answering questions about Utah's five-game losing streak, most recently a problematic defeat to the LA Clippers.
As the team leaders, both Mitchell and Gobert openly took the blame for the loss — each promising to be better individually and as a team.
What a difference 48 hours makes.
Led by dominant performances from their two all-stars, Utah got back to its winning ways with an impressive 122-109 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday night. With the win, Utah moved into a tie with the Denver Nuggets but own the tiebreaker and sit in fifth place in the Western Conference standings — just two games back of the Dallas Mavericks and Golden State Warriors.