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Utah Jazz's Mike Conley, Donovan Mitchell, Rudy Gobert out with injuries vs. Spurs

The Utah Jazz were without four starters in their 119-111 loss to the San Antonio Spurs on Friday, the first night of an important back-to-back for the team.

Mike Conley (right knee soreness), Rudy Gobert (rest), Donovan Mitchell (left peroneal strain) and Royce O'Neale (right calf soreness) all missed Friday's game.

The Jazz were also without Nigel Williams-Goss (left ankle sprain). Joe Ingles (right foot soreness) scored 12 points in 17 minutes.

With the loss Utah (43-26) fell to 0.5 games back of the Houston Rockets for the No. 4 seed in the Western Conference. They will take on the Denver Nuggets, who are two games up on the Jazz for the No. 3 seed, on Saturday.