Perhaps more than any Jazz player, veteran Raja Bell abhors losing.

It angers him.

It frustrates him.

In the worst way, Bell wants his team to win and he wants to contribute to its success.

When neither happens, Bell can't disguise his emotions.

"I'm pretty down," he said before Thursday morning's practice.

"It's a long season. So you try not to get too high with the highs or too low with the lows. But when you're in the middle of something like this, it's hard. You want to do well."

The Jazz have lost six straight heading into Friday night's game against Minnesota.

During the losing streak, Bell is averaging 3.6 points. He's made 7 of 30 shots, including 2 of 12 3-pointers.

But Bell's lack of scoring and icy shooting isn't the root of his discontent.

"It's the whole performance — not being able to have an impact," he said. "… I've made a lot of shots and I've missed a lot of shots.

"At the end of the day, I'm going to shoot the same percentage I shoot every year. I've done it for 11 years.

"I just feel like I'm not having an impact and that's frustrating because you want to. You want to impact it offensively, defensively or with your energy level."

A snapshot of Bell's recent stretch came with 20.9 seconds left in Utah's game against San Antonio on Wednesday night.

The Jazz trailed, 109-105, when Bell jumped in front of Manu Ginobili.

The two collided.

Bell fell backward. Ginobili crashed to the floor.

It was a 50-50 call that went in favor of Ginobili, who made clinching two free throws.

The Spurs won, 112-105.

"When you can't find your way to put your imprint on the game, that's frustrating," said Bell, who thought the Jazz improved against league-leading San Antonio.

"… We played hard. I thought we had good energy. We got down on ourselves in the second quarter, when they made that [14-0] run. But ultimately, we fought pretty hard. It was a good start, maybe."

For the Jazz.

For Raja Bell.

No easy road

Utah has 11 games left before the All-Star break, including seven at home and eight against teams with losing records.

Asked about the upcoming schedule, however, coach Jerry Sloan said, "The road doesn't get any easier. …

"You play teams people assume you're supposed to beat, but that's not necessarily the case. Those are the toughest games you play, in my opinion."

D-Will has wrist checked

Jazz point guard Deron Williams did not practice Thursday morning, when he underwent an MRI on his injured right wrist.

The results will be announced Friday, a team spokesman said.

Williams' availability against Minnesota will be a game-time decision, based on the MRI.

Paul Millsap (thumb), Kyrylo Fesenko (sinus infection) and Bell (neck/shoulder) also missed practice.

Their status will be updated Friday, too.

luhm@sltrib.com