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    LONG TRIP: The Jazz open a four-game, seven-day trip tonight at New York, with stops later this week at Boston on Wednesday night, at Philadelphia on Friday night and at Cleveland on Saturday night. "We'd like to go in with a two-game win streak ... but we're not doing that, so we've just got to bounce back and try to get a win in New York and build some confidence again there and then go to a tough arena in Boston." This journey ties a four-gamer after the mid-February NBA All-Star break as the Utah's second-longest trip of the season, trailing only a five-game pre-Christmas excursion to New Jersey, Atlanta, Charlotte, Orlando and Miami. Full Article at Deseret News
    We'd like to go in with a two-game win streak ... but we're not doing that, so we've just got to bounce back and try to get a win in New York and build some confidence again there and then go to a tough arena in Boston.
    Deron Williams – Deron Williams SOURCE: Deseret News 2 weeks ago
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Utah Jazz notebook: Sloan wants team to improve focus
  1. We'll just see what happens
    Jerry Sloan – Jerry Sloan SOURCE: Deseret News 2 weeks ago
  2. I think we got carried away with that a little bit ... That's part of basketball. You've got learn how to handle it.
    SOURCE: Deseret News 2 weeks ago
  3. You've got to stay focused all the time ... so you can have a chance to have good end results.
    SOURCE: Deseret News 2 weeks ago
  4. You have to come out and fight back. It's a long season.
    SOURCE: Deseret News 2 weeks ago
  5. I tried to tell them we don't have time for that, because you're spending your time doing that and you're not spending your time playing basketball and thinking about what's going on
    SOURCE: Deseret News 2 weeks ago
  6. We've got some issues, it looks like
    SOURCE: Deseret News 2 weeks ago
  7. I think we've got the ability to play defense ... But if you're worried about missing shots, and you're hanging your head because you missed shots, then you forget to defend. Unfortunately that's the way it works. You don't like to see that, but I've seen it.
    Jerry Sloan – Jerry Sloan SOURCE: Deseret News 2 weeks ago

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