John Starks scored 21 points and Malone and Danny Manning added 20 apiece for the Jazz, who had a four-game winning streak snapped. We couldn't pass the ball and had a tough time with 23 turnovers. When you come on the road and try to play a team and compete with that many turnovers, you don't deserve a chance to win. But Utah's Bryon Russell flagrantly fouled Sacramento rookie Hidayet Turkoglu, who made both free throws. Each game is important and if we take it that way, that we want to win every game, then you don't get lost in the big picture.
Every game is played at a high level now.
Sacramento begins a four-game East Coast road trip on Tuesday. This is going to be a defining part of our season in the next two weeks. John Stockton handed out nine assists for the Jazz, who fell to 1-2 against the Kings in what has become one of the NBA's better rivalries over the last three seasons.