As Karl Malone and John Stockton sat down to dinner a few nights
back in Seattle, the conversation rolled around to Stockton's sliced
finger and the Jazz point guard's availability for weekend
In Addition to Opponents, Jazz Fighting Frustration Salt
Lake Tribune
Malone Stern Against Sonics
Karl Malone seized the moment Saturday night at KeyArena, carrying
the Jazz to their first victory of the young season and teaching rookie
Andrei Kirilenko a lesson
If Karl Malone is preparing to demand a trade,
Karl Malone isn't saying.
Prior to the Los Angeles Lakers' 100-96 victory over the Jazz on
Sunday night at the Staples Center, Malone downplayed a New York
Post report that he is so unhappy with the current makeup of the
Jazz's roster he will ask management to trade him to a contender --
unless something is done quickly.
Salt Lake Tribune
You can look at the missed free throws. You can look at the late
3-pointer that missed its mark. You can look at who was missing at the
end.
What you can't miss, however, is the fact the Jazz have played three close
games this season, and they have lost all three.