"The Jazz this week are enjoying a three-day break from games, a rare happenstance in the course of an 82-game NBA season.

It's a short hiatus that couldn't have come at a better time for starting shooting guard Raja Bell, who has missed the past three games with an adductor strain.

Bell is using the break to strengthen and stretch the groin-area muscle, and knows he'll need to continue to do so throughout the season.

He's even considering taking Pilates classes to aid the effort, which is necessary in part because a wrist injury limited him to just six games with Charlotte and Golden State last season.

Sitting out so long took a toll on Bell's 34-year-old body, and now he's paying the price for it — having strained both his left and right adductors already this season.

"You can get your wind back and you can get used to running," he said of returning after missing so much time, "but you're always gonna have little hiccups and maybe little muscle pulls and stuff like that, especially once you reach the 20-, 30-game mark."