Maybe it was the snow falling outside the arena, or the the NBA trade deadline looming on Thursday afternoon. Or maybe it was a matchup with one of the NBA's worst teams.
Whatever the reason, it took the Jazz nearly three quarters to get locked in before they came alive late and ran away with a 116-88 victory over the Phoenix Suns Wednesday night in Salt Lake City.
"They're a good young team and they play hard," Utah forward Joe Ingles said after the game. "We just needed to tighten up some things, which we really didn't do the first three quarters.