Jazz Nov 2002 Archive

• Six shooters: Jazz winning streak reaches half a dozen

  Deseret News | Nov 30, 2002

  NBA teams may want to revise their scouting reports on the Utah Jazz soon.

• Jazz take on Spurs tonight

  Standard-Examiner | Nov 30, 2002

  The Jazz are in San Antonio tonight to face a Spurs team that can be tough when they're focused, and very beatable when they're not.

• Staying in sync

  Standard-Examiner | Nov 30, 2002

  The Jazz probably didn't envision getting 30 points a game from Matt Harpring when they signed him last summer, but they'll sure take it.

• Jazz Notes

  Salt Lake Tribune | Nov 30, 2002

  He may be young, still, but Kevin Garnett respects his elders.

• Sixth Sense

  Salt Lake Tribune | Nov 30, 2002

  The unfairness of it all, matching a 6-foot-7 forward against a 7-foot superstar like Kevin Garnett.

• Stock & Malone 3-Time Olympians? Maybe

  | Nov 29, 2002

  After watching the team of NBA stars that he helped choose fizzle to a sixth-place finish in the World Basketball Championships a couple of months ago, Kevin O'Connor believes he understands what Team USA needs to succeed at the 2004 Olympics.

• Reading with Calbert and Andrei

  UtahJazz.com | Nov 29, 2002

  It was Friday afternoon, November 22, and children at the West Jordan Library were traveling to a faraway, magical place known as Never Neverland.

• Everyone Served

  UtahJazz.com | Nov 29, 2002

  Thanksgiving came a few days early for more than 2,000 people in need as the Utah Jazz and the Salt Lake City Mission hosted a holiday meal in the Delta Center on November 26.

• Battling through ups and downs

  Standard-Examiner | Nov 29, 2002

  One of the more memorable aspects of their first-ever trip to the NBA Finals, Jazz coach Jerry Sloan says, was a four-game losing streak that year.

• In the doghouse

  Deseret News | Nov 29, 2002

  Call it what you might: Doghouse.

• Jazz Leaves Clippers at a Loss

  Los Angeles Times | Nov 27, 2002

  John Stockton's shorts are still far too short to be considered fashionable at any point since, oh, 1985.

• Finally on a roll

  Deseret News | Nov 27, 2002

  Were it not for Matt Harpring on Tuesday night, the Jazz might not be riding a five-game winning streak.

• Harpring Scores Career-high 30 to Bury Clippers

  Salt Lake Tribune | Nov 27, 2002

  The Jazz had beaten the Clippers 14 straight times, so they knew how it was done.

• Harpring scores career-high 30 in Jazz road victory

  Standard-Examiner | Nov 27, 2002

  Matt Harpring scored 24 of his career-high 30 points in the second half, including a tie-breaking layup with 41 seconds left, as the Utah Jazz beat the Los Angeles Clippers 99-94 Tuesday night.

• Jazz finding ways to win

  Deseret News | Nov 26, 2002

  A five-game Eastern road swing was winding down at the start of last week, and the Jazz needed a win like turkeys need a good hiding place this time of year.

• Clippers young, talented

  Standard-Examiner | Nov 26, 2002

  The NBA began a developmental league last season, but in the eyes of many general managers there has been a developmental team in place for years.

• Kirilenko Is Solid Off Bench

  Salt Lake Tribune | Nov 26, 2002

  One small step for Andrei Kirilenko.

• Related: New Delta Center game: conventions and banquets

  Deseret News | Nov 25, 2002

  An occasional dribble off the glass, some team-building pep talks and lots of one-on-one or two-on-one situations are not uncommon at the Delta Center.

• Bulls snub doesn't phase Harpring

  | Nov 24, 2002

  Matt Harpring was almost a Chicago Bull this offseason.

• Reason to cheer: Jazz reach .500

  Deseret News | Nov 24, 2002

  It's a modest plateau — .

• Jazz vs Bulls Notes

  Salt Lake Tribune | Nov 24, 2002

  The Jazz's mascot pretended to read the minds of various game participants during Utah's 110-90 win over Chicago on Saturday, and when the Bear reached Donyell Marshall, he "heard" the former Jazzman ponder, "What was I thinking, leaving Utah for this?" But the Bulls' reserve forward insists that the Bear's equipment is faulty.

• Jazz Cruise to Fourth Straight Win

  Salt Lake Tribune | Nov 24, 2002

  It's a question more rigged than an Iraqi ballot, but the Jazz didn't mind answering it anyway: Which are the real Jazz, the turnover-prone mis-marksmen who stumbled to a 1-5 start, or the confident-looking bunch of layup specialists who have rung up four consecutive easier-than-it-looked victories? "We're a good basketball team, no question," guard Mark Jackson said Saturday, making the vote unanimous after a cruise-control drubbing of Chicago, 110-90 in the Delta Center.

• Marshall and Bulls return to face Jazz

  Standard-Examiner | Nov 23, 2002

  Several NBA players have developed with the Jazz in recent years, thriving in coach Jerry Sloan's structured system and benefiting from playing alongside Karl Malone and John Stockton.

• Harpring compares favorably to Marshall

  Deseret News | Nov 23, 2002

  Donyell Marshall is coming back to the Delta Center, and the comparisons are inevitable.

• Harpring a Perfect Fit With Jazz

  Salt Lake Tribune | Nov 23, 2002

  Remember when Jazz fans were in a hand-wringing uproar because the team failed in its top offseason priority -- to sign Donyell Marshall? Turns out they succeeded after all, sort of.

• College isn't for everyone

  CNNSI.com | Nov 22, 2002

  It's too early to make a judgment about Phoenix rookie Amare Stoudemire, but Seattle's Rashard Lewis, Utah's DeShawn Stevenson and Washington's Kwame Brown all look as if they're keepers.

• Let's Jazz up the Dream Team

  FoxSports.com | Nov 22, 2002

  I hear NBA vice president of basketball operations Stu Jackson, who doubles as head of USA Basketball's Senior Men's Team committee, is looking for a couple of veteran leader types to add to his core of eight or nine players he wants to put together to keep the United States atop the victory stand at the Athens Olympics in 2004.

• One-on-One with Jeff Hornacek

  UtahJazz.com | Nov 21, 2002

  Jeff Hornacek chatted live on Tuesday, Nov.

• Nuggets fall into 2-9 hole

  Denver Post | Nov 21, 2002

  Without their "head and tail," the remaining parts of the Denver Nuggets fell to the hardwood during their fifth consecutive setback, a 96-79 loss to the Utah Jazz on Wednesday night at the Pepsi Center.

• Jazz add to Nuggets' misery

  Standard-Examiner | Nov 21, 2002

  Karl Malone scored 21 points, including 16 in the second half, and the Utah Jazz handed the Denver Nuggets their fifth straight loss with a 96-79 victory Wednesday night.

• Collins Stands His Ground

  Salt Lake Tribune | Nov 21, 2002

  Don't call it a flop.

• Jazz Handle Nuggets, Though Unconvincingly

  Salt Lake Tribune | Nov 21, 2002

  Like a veteran boxer stringing along an outclassed pug, the Jazz refused to knock out the Nuggets on Wednesday, carrying Denver to the finish on a sea of turnovers and offensive rebounds before finally winning an ugly 96-79 decision in the Pepsi Center.

• After loss to Jazz, 5 rookies in offing?

  The Rocky Mountain News | Nov 21, 2002

  The Nuggets lost to the Utah Jazz last night 96-79.

• No. 14 is the star of the evening

  Deseret News | Nov 20, 2002

  On the night when the Jazz played their best game of the year and even received a bunch of compliments from their hard-to-please coach, the star of the evening was guy who didn't even suit up.

• Hornacek worthy of all the cheers

  Deseret News | Nov 20, 2002

  It was a playoff game against Houston, and the Jazz's glory days were still a couple of years away.

• Fast start aids Jazz win

  Deseret News | Nov 20, 2002

  Twelve games and six starting lineups into the season, the Jazz may have hit on a combination that works.

• DeShawn Stevenson Gets His Game On

  UtahJazz.com | Nov 20, 2002

  In his huge hands, the normal sized game system controller felt a little odd to him.

• Hornacek earned respect in career

  Arizona Republic | Nov 20, 2002

  At halftime, the Utah Jazz retired the No.

• Suns' winning formula missing against Jazz

  Arizona Republic | Nov 20, 2002

  Former Utah and Phoenix guard Jeff Hornacek never returned to his courtside seat at the Delta Center after they retired his No.

• Dantley's No. 4 missing

  Standard-Examiner | Nov 20, 2002

  Utah Jazz officials proudly raised an oversized replica of Jeff Hornacek's jersey and unveiled it in the Delta Center rafters Tuesday night, retiring his number and assuring that no other player will ever wear No.

• Fans cheer No. 14 again

  Standard-Examiner | Nov 20, 2002

  Jeff Hornacek got to hear the roar of the crowd one last time Tuesday night.

• Jazz finally in tune

  Standard-Examiner | Nov 20, 2002

  Jeff Hornacek got a banner, Mark Jackson reached a milestone and coach Jerry Sloan may have found a rotation that works.

• Jazz Summary

  Salt Lake Tribune | Nov 20, 2002

  Player of the Game Karl Malone, Utah On a night when his former teammate was honored, the Mailman reminded everyone that his jersey will be up there one day, too.

• 14 Things You May Not Know About Hornacek

  Salt Lake Tribune | Nov 20, 2002

  Fourteen things you may or may not have known about former Jazz guard Jeff Hornacek, whose number 14 was lifted into the rafters at the Delta Center Tuesday night .

• Jackson's Milestone Shares Big Night

  Salt Lake Tribune | Nov 20, 2002

  He didn't play his entire career here, or even half of it.

• Jazz-Nuggets preview

  The Rocky Mountain News | Nov 20, 2002

  The Utah Jazz are in Denver today.

• A few moments in time

  Deseret News | Nov 19, 2002

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• 14 forever

  Deseret News | Nov 19, 2002

  The plan was in place.

• Hornacek was man with plan

  | Nov 19, 2002

  Jeff Hornacek was digging through some old files recently when he came across a copy of a note he sent to Suns Chairman Jerry Colangelo when he was a rookie.

• Jazz Journal: Good guys can finish first

  Standard-Examiner | Nov 19, 2002

  It almost didn't happen.

• Hornacek: Ultimate team player

  Standard-Examiner | Nov 19, 2002

  John Stockton marvels at the way Jeff Hornacek fit in the very first time he stepped onto the court for the Jazz.

• Hornacek's Unlikely Night Here

  Salt Lake Tribune | Nov 19, 2002

  If tonight's halftime ceremony is to be truly representative of Jeff Hornacek's 14-year career, the Jazz will accidentally retire No.

• Jackson aims for No. 2 in assists

  Deseret News | Nov 18, 2002

  Mark Jackson had just agreed to join the Jazz and was preparing to fly to Salt Lake City when his brother muttered something profound.

• DeShawn goes from starter to nonfactor : Arroyo Steps Up

  Deseret News | Nov 18, 2002

  Sloan didn't like how Stevenson handled his demotion in New York and met with him about it Thursday in Washington.

• No excuses as Jazz win

  Deseret News | Nov 18, 2002

  The weather outside was frightful.

• The Last Word

  Toronto Sun | Nov 18, 2002

  For the good of the Utah Jazz, John Stockton and Karl Malone will have to go.

• Raptors stay out in cold

  Toronto Sun | Nov 18, 2002

  Antonio Davis didn't need to look at any boxscore, or resort to any deep post-game analysis in assessing the carnage.

• Mailman finally delivers

  Standard-Examiner | Nov 18, 2002

  Karl Malone didn't stop shooting despite missing 12 of his first 14 shots.

• Victory by Default

  Salt Lake Tribune | Nov 18, 2002

  All the awful elements were there again Sunday, as though the Jazz were lugging them from city to city: Pitiful shooting.

• Jazz duo getting informal farewell tour

  Standard-Examiner | Nov 17, 2002

  John Stockton was rather amused last week when he heard the New York Times had reported this season would be his last.

• Sloan looking for Utah's Wallace : Kirilenko Update

  Deseret News | Nov 17, 2002

  Before arriving here early Saturday morning, Jazz coach Jerry Sloan took some time to go on the offensive, saying he wants his 3-7 team to start being a little more defensive.

• Look at what numbers say about Jazz

  Deseret News | Nov 17, 2002

  It's early, but nine Jazz games have produced some interesting numbers, especially with regard to the forward position.

• Jazz duo keeps mum

  Deseret News | Nov 17, 2002

  For a week now, they've been peppered with the question wherever they've gone, in East Coast locales from Boston down to New York and Washington, and even over in Detroit.

• Jazz Are Not Making Excuses

  Salt Lake Tribune | Nov 17, 2002

  Winter has come to Canada already, and also to the Jazz's season.

• Coach, players learn from Jazz vets

  Detroit Free Press | Nov 16, 2002

  Rick Carlisle came into the league the same year as a little guard from Gonzaga named John Stockton.

• Mailman denied; Pistons roll on

  Detroit Free Press | Nov 16, 2002

  Illness prevented the Mailman's appointed rounds last week in Utah's loss to the Pistons.

• Kirilenko's back keeps him out

  Deseret News | Nov 16, 2002

  The Jazz played Detroit on Friday night without forward Andrei Kirilenko, who hurt his back in Utah's loss at Washington on Thursday night.

• Karl, where is the love?

  Deseret News | Nov 16, 2002

  Dear Karl Malone: Your career is winding to a close.

• Jazz stumble again

  Deseret News | Nov 16, 2002

  Time and time again this season, the Jazz have started slower than an SUV assembly line.

• Pistons pick on jet-lagged Jazz

  Standard-Examiner | Nov 16, 2002

  The Detroit Pistons thought they had a chance to wear out well-traveled Utah, and they were right.

• Kirilenko Presence Is Missed in Loss

  Salt Lake Tribune | Nov 16, 2002

  Andrei Kirilenko's career-high 27 points came against the Detroit Pistons last year, and he scored a team-high 17 when Detroit visited Utah last week.

• Pistons Storm Jazz at Palace

  Salt Lake Tribune | Nov 16, 2002

  Bad start? Don't start badly.

• Sloan Limits Response

  Washington Post | Nov 15, 2002

  Utah Jazz Coach Jerry Sloan took the high road when asked how he felt about comments made by his former player, Bryon Russell, in yesterday's Washington Post.

• A Veteran Presence For Wizards

  Washington Post | Nov 15, 2002

  This was a game boasting some of pro basketball's greatest players -- Michael Jordan, Karl Malone and John Stockton -- and what a show they put on in an old-fashioned, knock-down, drag-out rumble last night before a frenzied sellout crowd at MCI Center.

• Old man Oakley sparks Wiz

  Deseret News | Nov 15, 2002

  He had played briefly in only one other game this season for the Washington Wizards, his latest stop in an 18-season NBA career.

• Jazz let MJ, B-Russ work their wizardry

  Deseret News | Nov 15, 2002

  Considering all the storylines swirling Thursday night, what with Bryon Russell having taken some shots at the Jazz on Wednesday and Michael Jordan having hit just a few big ones over the years against them, it's little wonder, really, that at some point during the Washington Wizards' 105-102 win over the Jazz, things sure did seem to become personal.

• Other old guys beat Jazz

  Standard Examiner | Nov 15, 2002

  In a game that already had three players 39 or older, Washington Wizards coach Doug Collins dusted off one more fossil for the rough-and-tumble stretch run.

• Russell Gets Back at Sloan, Jazz With Season-High 16-Point Game

  Salt Lake Tribune | Nov 15, 2002

  Bryon Russell chatted amiably with some of his former teammates before the Wizards' 105-102 victory on Thursday, and he talked plenty during the game, too.

• Jordan, Russell Big for Wizards

  Salt Lake Tribune | Nov 15, 2002

  After helping to apply the most painful loss the Jazz have suffered so far, after getting his revenge for being invited to leave, after hitting some key shots and grabbing a critical rebound, Bryon Russell decided to get one last kick in.

• Wizards' Russell Has 'No Love' for Jazz

  Washington Post | Nov 14, 2002

  Forward Bryon Russell, who spent nine seasons with the Utah Jazz before signing with the Washington Wizards this past summer, is not viewing tonight's matchup against his former team at MCI Center with heartfelt nostalgia.

• No love for the Jazz

  Deseret News | Nov 14, 2002

  When they opened training camp last month without him for the first time in 10 seasons, Jazz players spoke of Bryon Russell with high regard.

• Guard finding niche

  Standard-Examiner | Nov 14, 2002

  Playing on his fourth NBA team in five years, Matt Harpring arrived in Utah looking for a home.

• Jazz Preview

  Salt Lake Tribune | Nov 14, 2002

  About the Jazz: They are 1-4 on the road.

• Jazz Play Wizards in Matchup Featuring Seasoned 'Old-Timers'

  Salt Lake Tribune | Nov 14, 2002

  The NBA doesn't sponsor old-timer "Legends" games anymore.

• Jazz get it together to earn 1st road win

  Deseret News | Nov 13, 2002

  Their coach suggested it was tough to get a real read on what the Jazz's Tuesday turnaround really was worth.

• There's No Stock Answer

  New York Post | Nov 13, 2002

  On the kind of rainy night for which Knicks' management never saved, there were 1,850 empty seats and 17,913 pairs of dry eyes at what likely was John Stockton's final Madison Square Garden appearance.

• Madison Square Garbage

  New York Post | Nov 13, 2002

  The Spree-less portion of the schedule is now over, and it was a disaster.

• Knicks Make Jazz Look Good

  New York Times | Nov 13, 2002

  ast night at Madison Square Garden, the Knicks found out what happens to a small, injury-riddled, undertalented team when it forsakes its only strength: determination.

• Stockton to Malone Keeps Jazz Humming

  New York Times | Nov 13, 2002

  It was an otherwise uneventful day in Flint, Mich.

• Malone, McBride much alike

  Standard-Examiner | Nov 13, 2002

  Karl Malone and Ron McBride have formed a mutual admiration society.

• Jackson takes offense

  Standard-Examiner | Nov 13, 2002

  When Mark Jackson heard what Don Chaney had said, he was determined to teach him a lesson by schooling Frank Williams.

• Stevenson Surprised Not to Be in Starting Lineup

  Salt Lake Tribune | Nov 13, 2002

  DeShawn Stevenson was the most surprised person in Madison Square Garden when he discovered he was no longer in the starting lineup Tuesday night.

• Jazz Struggling With Emotions as Well as Game

  Salt Lake Tribune | Nov 13, 2002

  Anyone who thinks the walls aren't crumbling around the Utah Jazz should have been courtside in the Delta Center at the end of another tough loss last week, when, as coach Jerry Sloan walked out of the arena, a few fans yelled down, asking, "Hey, Jerry, where's Andrei? Where's Kirilenko?" The question punctuated a game in which the young, promising forward made some mistakes, but also scored 17 points, shooting 50 percent from the floor and going 8-for-8 from the free-throw line.

• Jazz Earn First Victory of the Season

  Salt Lake Tribune | Nov 13, 2002

  With its ravenous fans and Big Apple attitude, Madison Square Garden used to intimidate John Stockton.

• Turnover troubles

  Deseret News | Nov 12, 2002

  When the Jazz commit 14 or fewer turnovers this season, they win; 17 or more, they lose.

• No shows: Jazz pricey, Utes cold

  Deseret News | Nov 12, 2002

  Well, Jazz and Utes fans, you reached all-time lows last week — your apathy won out .

• Karl's support cheers Mac

  Deseret News | Nov 12, 2002

  Utah football coach Ron McBride wouldn't say Monday exactly how Utah Jazz forward Karl Malone has contributed to his program, but he said, "He's very giving of his time.

• Boston rains 3s on Jazz parade

  Deseret News | Nov 12, 2002

  In a seemingly convincing win over Atlanta a few nights ago, a light seemed to turn on for the Jazz.

• For now, there's no quit in the Mailman

  Boston Globe | Nov 12, 2002

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• Celtics regroup to bop the Jazz

  Boston Globe | Nov 12, 2002

  To hear Paul Pierce tell it, his toughest moment last night was in the locker room at halftime.

• Behind the Uniform - Dennis Haslam

  UtahJazz.com | Nov 12, 2002

  Dennis Haslam loves his job.

• Jazz Journal: Jazz need consistent No. 2 scorer

  Standard-Examiner | Nov 12, 2002

  Where have you gone, Jeff Hornacek? Or Donyell Marshall? Or Jeff Malone, for that matter? These former Jazzmen played the role of second fiddle to Karl Malone over the last decade and did so very well.

• Turnovers doom Jazz

  Standard-Examiner | Nov 12, 2002

  Paul Pierce is helping his Celtics teammates do what he does best - score points.

• Jazz Post Game Summary

  Salt Lake Tribune | Nov 12, 2002

  Player of the Game: Paul Pierce BOSTON He seemed to be crawling to a subpar night at halftime, with just eight points.

• Padgett Knew Walker Would Keep Shooting

  Salt Lake Tribune | Nov 12, 2002

  Scott Padgett roomed with Antoine Walker at Kentucky, so he had seen this before.

• Celts' shots rain down

  Salt Lake Tribune | Nov 12, 2002

  Engaged in a back-and-forth battle with the Boston Celtics on Monday night, the Jazz all but stopped what they were doing, looked to the FleetCenter sky, raised their palms and wondered out loud: Hey, is it raining in here? It was.

• Away with road worries, says indifferent Sloan

  Deseret News | Nov 11, 2002

  One peek at the schedule, and on the surface it seems brutal.

• Malone can relate to McBride

  Deseret News | Nov 11, 2002

  Karl Malone peers in the mirror, and he sees .

• Jazz take momentum on road trip

  Standard-Examiner | Nov 11, 2002

  For one night anyway, the Jazz showed they have the makings of a good team this season.

• Jazz Preview

  Salt Lake Tribune | Nov 11, 2002

  About the Jazz: This is the opener of a five-game road trip against Eastern Conference teams.

• Malone Feels for Coach McBride

  Salt Lake Tribune | Nov 11, 2002

  Karl Malone has had it with all the critics.

• Kirilenko applies muzzle to Big Dog

  Deseret News | Nov 10, 2002

  A game at a time, the Russian kid is getting it figured out.

• Jazz look like 'old' selves

  Deseret News | Nov 10, 2002

  Karl Malone returned, looking like he never went away.

• Mailman makes full recovery

  Standard-Examiner | Nov 10, 2002

  Yeah, the Jazz were glad to have their Mailman back.

• Kirilenko's Defense Cools Off Terry

  Salt Lake Tribune | Nov 10, 2002

  Andrei Kirilenko started on forward Glenn Robinson, ended up on point guard Jason Terry and helped finish the Atlanta Hawks.

• Malone's Game Is Healthy

  Salt Lake Tribune | Nov 10, 2002

  While Karl Malone's physical condition deteriorated this week, his negotiating position got a lot healthier.

• Mailman delivers fodder for jokes

  Deseret News | Nov 8, 2002

  How bad have things gotten for Jazzman Karl Malone? Bad enough so that Tom Arnold (of all people) has made the Mailman the butt of a whole bunch of jokes on Fox Sports Net's "Best Damn Sports Show Period.

• How to keep the mind off the game

  Deseret News | Nov 8, 2002

  And you thought "Captain Corelli's Mandolin" was a disaster at the box office.

• Jazz try to shape raw gem: Kirilenko

  Deseret News | Nov 8, 2002

  In a flash Wednesday night, the temptation that is Andrei Kirilenko was personified.

• Adding Padgett a bonus

  Standard-Examiner | Nov 8, 2002

  Scott Padgett caught a lucky break in the truest sense of the word last summer, when Jazz rookie Curtis Borchardt suffered a stress fracture in his right foot.

• Kirilenko Facing 'Ruff' Task

  Salt Lake Tribune | Nov 8, 2002

  He's got a new strategy, a confident attitude and even a different haircut.

• Padgett would love playing time

  Deseret News | Nov 7, 2002

  Scott Padgett has an offer for Jerry Sloan that the Jazz coach just might want to give serious consideration.

• Malone goes home early

  Deseret News | Nov 7, 2002

  Karl Malone made it to the Delta Center on Wednesday night.

• Rock on . . .

  Deseret News | Nov 7, 2002

  Through rain, sleet, snow, injuries and insult, the Mailman delivers.

• Utah falls just short vs. Pistons

  Deseret News | Nov 7, 2002

  This was one.

• Pistons hold on, pull off ugly two-point victory over Jazz

  Detroit News | Nov 7, 2002

  The joke going around the Delta Center on Wednesday night was that Jazz forward Karl Malone had contracted the Ben Wallace flu.

• Scorebook: Jackson receives his chance

  Standard-Examiner | Nov 7, 2002

  With one point guard fighting a virus and another tending to his ailing mother, Mark Jackson knew he would have a chance to carry a big load Wednesday night.

• Jazz fall layup short

  Standard-Examiner | Nov 7, 2002

  John Stockton's gutty effort Wednesday was as contagious as the virus working its way through the Jazz locker room.

• Fans Get Look at What Life Will Be Like Without Karl

  Salt Lake Tribune | Nov 7, 2002

  Word must have gotten around pretty fast that Karl Malone was going to miss only the sixth game of his career due to injury or illness when the Jazz played the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday night.

• Jazz Offense Goes Cold Sans Malone

  Salt Lake Tribune | Nov 7, 2002

  It may be a good thing that nothing comes easily for the Jazz anymore, because easy is getting to be too hard.

• Sloan doesn't take kindly to losing

  Deseret News | Nov 6, 2002

  Any time a coach drops the word "cliques" and the phrase "ice-pick wars" into the same 10-minute question-and-answer session, one has a tendency to suspect something might be up.

• Sloan fights losing attitude

  Standard-Examiner | Nov 6, 2002

  Jazz players haven't been earning their paychecks over the first four games of the season, coach Jerry Sloan believes, so he's been making them earn their money on the practice court.

• Sloan Leaves No Time for Talk

  Salt Lake Tribune | Nov 6, 2002

  It's not the losses that have Jerry Sloan worried.

• Payton may want to follow Stockton's example

  ESPN | Nov 5, 2002

  "I might be here, I might not be," he says.

• Karl misses practices; Harpring 'Mr. Average'

  Deseret News | Nov 5, 2002

  Karl Malone said he would not practice Monday and, good to his word, he did not.

• Jazz Journal: Reality check for Jazz fans

  Standard Examiner | Nov 5, 2002

  One week into the NBA regular season finds the Jazz at the bottom of the Midwest Division with a paltry 1-3 record.

• Mailman delivers 0-for-7 goose egg

  Deseret News | Nov 4, 2002

  Sitting on their bench, the look in their eyes distant, the white towels in their hands signaling not so much surrender as sage resignation, John Stockton and Karl Malone prepared for the inevitable onslaught of questions.

• Sonics shut out Mailman, hit 3-0

  Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Nov 4, 2002

  The United States Postal Service doesn't work on Sundays.

• Sonics stop Mail, Jazz in 91-77 win

  Seattle Times | Nov 4, 2002

  Check the calendar.

• Malone goes scoreless in Seattle

  Standard-Examiner | Nov 4, 2002

  Karl Malone couldn't remember a night he didn"t score a single point.

• Sonic-sized whipping

  Standard-Examiner | Nov 4, 2002

  Gary Payton scored 18 points on 9-of-12 shooting, helping the Seattle SuperSonics to a 3-0 start with a 91-77 victory over the Utah Jazz on Sunday night.

• Russell Hopes Fans Wind Up Missing Him

  Salt Lake Tribune | Nov 4, 2002

  Bryon Russell was dancing to rap music as he walked out of the training room before the Washington Wizards' home opener last week.

• Seattle Slams Jazz as Malone Fails to Score for First Time in Career

  Salt Lake Tribune | Nov 4, 2002

  You put on your uniform, you collect a paycheck, you owe a worthy effort -- that's Jerry Sloan's credo.

• Sonics stop Malone, beat Jazz

  | Nov 4, 2002

  Percy Allen of the Seattle Times reports that the Supersonics accomplished something that hasn’t been done in 17 years in the NBA.

• New season, old Jazz: Utah presents familiar test

  Seattle Times | Nov 3, 2002

  No matter the changes, it's the same old Utah Jazz.

• Malone longs to be homecoming king

  ESPN | Nov 3, 2002

  It was big and it was easy and it had Karl Malone, on the receiving end of the home team's raucous rout, feeling openly .

• Torres provides spark in defeat

  San Francisco Chronicle | Nov 3, 2002

  Down five points with 47.

• 24—second clock

  Deseret News | Nov 3, 2002

  Team owner Larry H.

• New guys making a dent

  Deseret News | Nov 3, 2002

  How much is Jazz coach Jerry Sloan going to rely on his new guys? How about this: Down the stretch of the fourth quarter Saturday night in Utah's 101-92 victory over the Warriors, he left newcomers Matt Harpring and Calbert Cheaney on the floor with Karl Malone, John Stockton and, in a mild surprise, Scott Padgett.

• Jazz in playoffs! And more predictions

  Deseret News | Nov 3, 2002

  In light of the Jazz's two season-opening road losses, here's a recent-history reminder: Last season, the Jazz also lost their first two games — at home.

• Give me consistency — not titles

  Deseret News | Nov 3, 2002

  A lot of fans around here are obsessed with the idea that the Utah Jazz need to win the NBA Championship.

• Jazz fans want less, cheer less

  Deseret News | Nov 3, 2002

  The Delta Center crowd cheered enthusiastically at the end of Saturday's Jazz win, as if things were back to the way they used to be.

• Jazz get win No. 1

  Deseret News | Nov 3, 2002

  Yank the obit.

• Jazz Scorebook: Sloan praises Collins

  Standard-Examiner | Nov 3, 2002

  Erick Dampier was on his way to a Hall of Fame night on Saturday, scoring eight of Golden State's first 10 points on an array of dunks, layups and put-back baskets.

• Jazz pick up intensity

  Standard-Examiner | Nov 3, 2002

  Karl Malone had one of the uglier 26-point performances of his career Saturday night, but he was good enough.

• Padgett, Jazz Happy He Is Back in Utah for Another Season

  Salt Lake Tribune | Nov 3, 2002

  Scott Padgett spent the summer wondering where he would be playing this season.

• Jazz Beat Warriors In Home Debut

  Salt Lake Tribune | Nov 3, 2002

  If TV didn't exist, if newspapers ignored out-of-town news, if radio didn't report the scores, just think how optimistic Jazz fans would be today.

• Starting or not, Collins is man in the middle

  Deseret News | Nov 2, 2002

  It was earlier in the week, before the Jazz lost their first two games of the 2002-2003 NBA season, before they looked like a team whose run of 19 straight playoff appearances is much closer to concluding than continuing.

• Jazz host Warriors at home

  Standard-Examiner | Nov 2, 2002

  One of the few bright spots in the dismal start to the Jazz season has been the continued development of Jarron Collins.

• That's the Ticket: Jazz Use New Tactics to Fill Seats

  Salt Lake Tribune | Nov 2, 2002

  Compare them to Lennon and McCartney, Mantle and Maris, Newman and Redford.

• Golden State at Utah

  Salt Lake Tribune | Nov 2, 2002

  About the Jazz: They have not started a season 0-3 since 1979, their first season in Utah.

• Jazz not in it

  Deseret News | Nov 1, 2002

  And on the second night, the story was much the same as the first.

• Big Dog comes up big again

  Atlanta Journal-Constitution | Nov 1, 2002

  Jason Terry, who scored 21 points with 13 assists, had more assists than points for most of the night.

• 0h-2 be home soon

  Standard-Examiner | Nov 1, 2002

  Glenn Robinson is showing he can do more than just score.

• Collins May Take Starting Role

  Salt Lake Tribune | Nov 1, 2002

  The new Jazz lineup may be scrapped for the old one soon, at least in the middle.

• Hawks Dog Jazz

  Salt Lake Tribune | Nov 1, 2002

  Maybe the instructions got garbled.

• School is in, Hawks Win Home Opener

  | Nov 1, 2002

  There is nothing like the first home game of the year.