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Jazz’s strong play of late has coincided not just with better defense, but also with big assist totals

Saturday’s result clearly didn’t go the way the Jazz hoped, as the Thunder escaped with a 107-106 victory to snap Utah’s budding two-game winning streak.

Then again, even with the loss, you’d be hard-pressed to argue with the way the team is playing right now. This recent run of games has arguably been the Jazz’s best stretch of the season, something Ricky Rubio sought to remind people of in the aftermath of the loss to Oklahoma City.

“I think we have to be encouraged the way that we are playing. We can’t really judge our game just because we won or lost.