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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.

The Raptors are playing good basketball right now. They have won back-to-back games and six of their last four. The Raptors are currently 7-23 on the road with a point differential of -5, while the Jazz have a 4-6 record in their last ten games at home.