Show Jazz azz Notes Last week the Utah Jazz defeated defeat defeat- ed the Phoenix Suns The game was a defining moment for forthe forthe forthe the Jazz coming off a bad loss to the Denver Nuggets two nights before We weren't in it tonight I felt that in the shoot around this morning morning morning morn morn- ing Cotton Fitzsimmons coach of the Suns said The most exciting moment of this lopsided game occurred during the third quarter when Karl Malone and Charles Barkley had a little disagreement that brought about some pushing and shoving After the game things seemed pretty much back to normal as Barkley a good friend of Malones Malone's was hugging and kissing Malones Malone's wife and kids The Jazz were rolling as the Washington Bullets found out on Wed Feb 28 The Jazz jumped out outto outto outto to a 20 2 lead to start the game Other than a small run the Bullets made at the end of the first quarter the game was basically over from the beginning I wasn't real happy with the thew w way we finished the first half but we got the win Head Coach J Jerry eny Sloan said The most interesting thing of the night was watching one of the worst ups match-ups in the Rasheed Wallace versus Karl Malone Because Chris Webber is hurt rookie Rasheed Wallace was forced to play power and match rp Ip against Karl Malone Allow it wasn't really a as Malone scored 26 points without having to play most of the fourth quarter Friday night was Mark Eaton night It was a night that saw Eaton's number 53 retired It was also a night that the Jazz had to come from behind in order to pullout pull pullout pullout out a 99 to 88 victory over the New NewYork NewYork NewYork York John Stockton lead the way with 25 points and 12 assists However it was the defense that allowed the Jazz to keep rolling They only allowed 12 points to be scored by the in the fourth quarter The quote of the night came from Darryl Griffith former Jazz great speaking of Mark Eaton When he showed up I walked over and handed landed him a piece of gum to see if he can walk and chew gum at the same time He couldn't but he learned and got gota a lot better after that |