The Golden State Warriors went into the Delta Center in Salt Lake City looking to sweep the Utah Jazz this season. They'd handily won the first three meetings this season, and with the Jazz coming in winning just two of their last 10 games, this one should have been a similar outcome, even with all of the Warriors' injuries.

Alas, things just couldn't go the Warriors' way on Monday night. They shot 16-52 from three and couldn't take advantage of winning the turnover battle 17-9. In a game where 8 players on each team scored in double figures, the Jazz came out on top to earn their 20th win of the season, 119-116.

The Warriors dropped back to .500 with the loss at 32-32, and are now tied for the 9th seed with the Clippers after the LA team beat the Knicks on Monday night.

After the loss, Steve Kerr didn't sugarcoat it when talking about what went wrong.

"Just never felt like we got control of them defensively. They scored 119 on us, 29 free throws. That can't be the case. We talked about it before the game, taking away these stuff. They made 27 points from the line, so too much fouling, too many plays where we were at a disadvantage based on whatever was happening offensively. They outscore us by 13 points at the free-throw line, and that's the difference in the game."

Utah ended up shooting over 48% from the field and exposed the Warriors' lack of size, especially on a night that both Al Horford and Kristaps Porzingis sat on the bench.

The disparity in free throws taken between the two teams wasn't exactly egregious, with the Jazz attempting 29 and the Warriors attempting 27, but it's the conversion rate that really made the difference. As Kerr said, the Jazz knocked down 27, good for 94.1%, while the Warriors made just 14 to shoot 66.7%, a far cry from their season average of 80.3% that ranks them 6th in the NBA.

It was another classic "everybody eats" type of game for the Warriors, something they've had plenty of with Steph Curry and Jimmy Butler on the injury report.

De'Anthony Melton led the way with 22 points in just 20 minutes, as he looks to play both legs of a back-to-back for the first time this season. Gui Santos played another great game, scoring 15 points to go with 8 rebounds and 5 assists, and Draymond Green dished out 11 assists with no turnovers.

One surprising appearance was the man wearing No. 31, Seth Curry, as he returned for his third game in a Warriors' uniform and his first action in over 3 months. If he felt any rust coming back from his sciatic injury, it didn't show, as the three-point sniper scored 13 points on 4-6 shooting from the field and 2-3 from beyond the arc in just 12 minutes.

Ultimately, despite the pretty individual stat lines, it's a rough result against a bottom-five team in the NBA. At this point, the Warriors will have to shift their focus to maintaining the 8th seed in the Western Conference, rather than trying to make headway on getting out of the Play-In. In fact, with the loss, the Suns are now a whole 5.0 games ahead for the 7th seed, while the 6th-seeded Nuggets are 6.5 games ahead.

The Warriors will need to find a bounce-back win in a major way as they head back home to Chase Center to take on the Chicago Bulls less than 24 hours later.