The team that strung together six- and eight-game winning streaks at the end of 2021 can’t seem to catch a break now — from health issues, opponents and themselves.
On Tuesday, the Utah Jazz announced that All-Star guard Donovan Mitchell entered the league’s concussion protocol. Mitchell sustained a hit late in the first half of the Jazz’s 101-95 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers. After finishing the game, Mitchell experienced symptoms later in the day.
Utah expects to play without Mitchell, who earned NBA Western Conference Player of the Month honors for December, as it prepares for Wednesday’s game against the Houston Rockets in Salt Lake City.
That’s a blow to the Jazz’s league-leading offense, which scored fewer than 100 points for just the fourth time this season in L.A. on Monday night. Utah’s defense had been the team’s weakness for most of its current slump, which includes losses in five of its last six outings.
Mitchell admitted the Jazz offense “got stagnant” against the…