The former Utah Jazz guard was back in Salt Lake City for the first time since his offseason trade to the Charlotte Hornets.

The 55-point loss the Utah Jazz suffered at the hands of the Charlotte Hornets on Saturday night was the worst loss for the Jazz since the team moved to Utah. The New Orleans Jazz only had one game with a worse point margin, a 56-point loss to the Milwaukee Bucks in 1979.

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.

Utah will try to end its four-game road skid when the Jazz face Cleveland. Monday's matchup is the first this season between the teams. Cleveland is 14-9 at

LaMelo Ball scored 17 points and made five 3-pointers as the Charlotte Hornets led by as many as 57 points in routing the Utah Jazz 150-95 on Saturday night in Salt Lake City. The Hornets made 24 3-pointers while shooting 41% from 3-point range.

The Utah Jazz’s young core came away believing in themselves after an overtime loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 46 points, including a buzzer-beater at end of regulation, as the OKC Thunder beat the Utah Jazz 129-125 in overtime.

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