Well, on Friday night, the Jazz found a loophole. Kessler was not on the injury report, was available to play and in uniform. And he watched the Jazz’s 126-118 loss to the Toronto Raptors from the comfort of the bench the whole night.

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The Utah Jazz are back at home on Friday night to face the Toronto Raptors after an extensive five-game road trip and could be on the verge of an eight-game losing streak depending on the results of this one.