The Deseret News' Tim Buckley reports that Jerry Sloan is putting the blame on the six Jazzmen that will be free agents this summer for Utah's loss to Seattle.
Maybe they were distracted.
That is the only possible explanation coach Jerry Sloan could conjure for the pitiful performance Monday night by his Jazz, eight of whom, Sloan was quick to point out, are free agents after this season.
"Maybe these guys could have their agents call you and tell . . . whenever they could play, and it would be fun for them to play, and see if that'll help," Sloan ranted. "I wish their agents would call me and tell me about how the (bleep) they're gonna play.
"We're worried about what's going to happen next year — and this year is gonna be over," he added. "It looks like that's what our concern is. . . . You can't play basketball that way."
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Jim Moore of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer says the Sonics reports on the Jazz-Sonics game.
The seemingly endless streak, the one that lasted more than two years, is finally over.
The Jazz not only went down last night, they went down hard. Unleashing a fourth-quarter flurry, the Sonics rolled to a 106-92 victory at KeyArena, stopping an eight-game losing streak to Utah.
The Sonics avoided a four-game regular-season sweep with a rollicking victory in front of a sellout crowd as Rashard Lewis led the way with 28 points and 11 rebounds.
After bruising his lower back in the second quarter, Gary Payton had 24 points, seven assists and two steals, giving him 2,000 for his career.
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The Seattle Times' Nunyo Demasio reports on the Jazz' loss to the Sonics.
Utah is no longer the elite team of the late 1990s, when an NBA title became elusive only because of Michael Jordan's Chicago Bulls.
John Stockton, 40, and Karl Malone, 38, are still around, running that same pick-and-roll play, although alongside several, key young players.
Despite rebuilding on the fly, Utah had remained dominant when it came to the Sonics. But last night, the Sonics finally solved their enigmatic ways against Utah, with a stirring 106-92 victory at sold-out KeyArena.
"It's a good feeling, knowing that we've been losing to them for the past few years," said Rashard Lewis, who had game highs of 28 points and 11 rebounds. "And to finally get that monkey off our back does nothing but build confidence toward the stretch run.
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Mar 2002 Archive
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Salt Lake Tribune | Mar 26, 2002
Steve Luhm of the Salt Lake Tribune recaps the Jazz' 106-92 loss to the Seattle Sonics.
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Seattle Times (Associated Press) | Mar 25, 2002
Tim Korte writes, "John Stockton is pushing 40.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Mar 25, 2002
John Stockton returns to the state of his roots in what very well may be his last ever game in Seattle.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Mar 25, 2002
Jim Moore writes, "His name is Ben Simon, heretofore known only as the heavy-set guy dancing his brains out at KeyArena.
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Standard Examiner | Mar 25, 2002
Tom McEachin writes, "In a season of frustrating inconsistency, the Utah Jazz have been remarkably successful against the Seattle SuperSonics, the team directly above them in the Western Conference standings.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Mar 25, 2002
The Jazz "have beaten the Sonics eight consecutive times, dating to Feb.
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The Denver Post | Mar 24, 2002
Marc Spears writes about the Nuggets 88-85 victory over the Sonics.
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Tacoma News Tribune | Mar 23, 2002
Don Ruiz of the Tacoma News-Tribune reports: KeyArena is fine for NBA basketball now, but that may not be true when the Seattle SuperSonics' lease runs out in 2010, league commissioner David Stern said.
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Seattle Times | Mar 23, 2002
Player of the game: Sonics guard Gary Payton made all seven field goals in the first half, when he scored 15 points and passed for seven assists.
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The Rocky Mountain News | Mar 23, 2002
Preview of tonights Denver vs.
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Houston Chronicle | Mar 22, 2002
The SuperSonics, whom the Rockets face tonight at KeyArena, no longer use the trapping and rotating defense left behind from George Karl's days of running the team.
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Charlotte Observer | Mar 15, 2002
SCOTT DODD AND TIM WHITMIRE of the Charlotte Observer report: Hornets co-owner Ray Wooldridge told New Orleans reporters on Thursday that he's confident the team will meet its ticket-sales goals today.
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Charlotte Observer | Mar 14, 2002
Owners oppose Hornets move
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DallasBasketball.com | Mar 14, 2002
Chalk it up to what we’ll call “Mavs Mystique.
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Houston Chronicle | Mar 13, 2002
With a timeout chat about the largest deficit of the game and the time that was running out, the Rockets knew they could have been nose-diving to one of their fourth-quarter fades.
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Star Telegram | Mar 12, 2002
For only the second time since coming to the Mavericks in last month's trade with Denver, Nick Van Exel was on the attack.
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Houston Chronicle | Mar 12, 2002
Nearly four years later, Rashard Lewis has buried the past.
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| Mar 7, 2002
If any of the referees gets a reprimand or some demerits over Gary Payton's vanishing technical foul in the Timberwolves' game Tuesday against the Seattle SuperSonics, the Wolves aren't likely to know about it.
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| Mar 7, 2002
Timberwolves forward Kevin Garnett refused to blame his team's 97-83 loss to the Seattle SuperSonics on Tuesday night on the officials, citing Seattle point guard Gary Payton's 6-for-25 performance and Minnesota's lack of cohesion down the stretch.
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| Mar 6, 2002
In the end, Seattle Slew didn't.
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| Mar 6, 2002
When you think Seattle, you think rain, Ichiro, double lattes, Frasier Crane, the grunge look and Anthony Peeler.
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| Mar 6, 2002
Timberwolves guard Anthony Peeler was still on the Seattle SuperSonics' practice court Monday — envisioning, shooting, scoring; envisioning, shooting, scoring — when his coach, Flip Saunders, attempted to explain why the streaky left-hander is so successful against Seattle.
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| Mar 6, 2002
The draft articles are starting to flow.
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| Mar 4, 2002
Spurs officials won't comment whether Payton came up again before the trade deadline.
