Utah Jazz News

Throughout Friday night's 111-98 win over the Clippers, four young men sitting eight rows behind the Jazz bench went wild for big No.

The Utah Jazz are shooting for their first winning streak of the season, as they host the Sacramento Kings tonight at EnergySolutions Arena.

News: The Associated Press reports that Manu Ginobili had to get vaccinated for rabies after removing a rogue bat from the court during the Spurs' game with the Kings last Saturday.

Because doing predictions before the season tips off is just so, well, cliche' I held mine for this week.

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For the first time Tuesday in his short NBA career, point guard Eric Maynor ? the Jazz 's first-round selection in last June's NBA Draft ? did not play, coach's decision.

For all that is thought of the mini Rockets based on appearances and assumptions, some issues are real and undeniable.

The San Antonio Spurs will hit the road for two games starting with Thursday's tilt with the Utah Jazz at EnergySolutions Arena.

The Jazz haven't playing much defense at all lately. But Jerry Sloan has been, and he spent part of Tuesday night defending - and dwelling on - Carlos Boozer in particular.

He was here Tuesday night, scoring a team-high 22 points in the Jazz's loss to the Dallas Mavericks, and he'll be back for another regular-season game Jan.

The elephant in the room is so damn big that it's become a stifling misnomer and already just a week into this young NBA season, the radio station is in obvious need of a change.

The Utah Jazz exercised their third- year contract option on center Kosta Koufos, the team announced on Friday.

With a less-than-stellar 3-18 record in the back half of back-to-back sets last season, there's no doubt what the Jazz's mission in such situations - including tonight's visit to Dallas - will be this season.

Rockets 113, Jazz 96 Game 3: Houston broke an 80-80 tie with a 7-0 early fourth quarter burst en route to a 113-96 win.

The Mavericks haven't played since Saturday. ... The Colony product Deron Williams is off to a blazing start, averaging 24.5 points and 11 assists after two games.

Rookie Chase Budinger scored a career-high 17 points and was one of eight Houston players to score in double figures as the Rockets beat the Utah Jazz 113-96 on Monday night.

Jerry Sloan suggested Saturday that he wouldn't at all mind signing a one-year contract extension to remain as coach of the Jazz through the 2010-11 NBA season.

Winning a third consecutive game won't be an easy task for the Houston Rockets, who will face a tough road test tonight against the Utah Jazz at EnergySolutions Arena.

A lifelong Jazz fan who lives in Cache Valley and runs the SLC Dunk blog -- he prefers to be known as Basketball John, unsure of what his employer's reaction would be to his activities -- has launched the Web site votederon.com. The site's mission is simply stated: "Ensuring the selection of Deron Williams to the NBA All-Star Game." Williams ...

The way the Knicks have opened their season, the Jazz could be forgiven for feeling as if they hold a winning New York lottery ticket, not payable until June, of course.