Emotion filled the arena Monday night. Love. Appreciation. Nostalgia. Joy. Excitement. But by the end of the game, there was an overriding feeling: Disappointment. Perhaps even anger. The enigmatic Cavs lost to the reeling Utah Jazz,

Lauri Markkanen and the Jazz put together a statement win on the road against the Cavs, his former team, bouncing back from a 55-point loss.

Ace Bailey was commended for his efforts on Monday in helping the Jazz begin a five-game road trip with a victory over the Cavaliers.

The Utah Jazz have been without their top-five pick, Ace Bailey, for seven of their past eight regular-season games, as he's been dealing with a lingering injury that the team has labeled a left hip flexor strain, and thus limited his availability in the past couple of weeks because of it.

According to the NBA Injury Report, It looks like Ryan Kalkbrenner is probable to play as well as Tidjane Salaun (who is having a solid second season for the Hornets).

BOTTOM LINE: Utah will try to end its four-game slide when the Jazz play Dallas. The Jazz are 7-18 in Western Conference games. Utah gives up 127.1 points and has been outscored by 7.3 points per game. The Mavericks are 8-16 in Western Conference play. Dallas is 4-9 in games decided by 10 or more points.

The Hornets have made several late tweaks to their injury report ahead of Saturday night's matchup against the Utah Jazz, and the updates skew positive for a te

The Dallas Mavericks (14-24) lost another soul-draining game, 116-114 to the Utah Jazz (13-24) at the Delta Center on Thursday, the team’s 17th clutch loss of the year. The Mavericks were led by Cooper Flaggs’ 26 points,