"Because of how we're playing we'd like to keep playing, but at the same time, the first (52) games we've had ups and downs. We started out great, we had a really bad lull, then we got extremely hot," Boozer added. "(So) it's good to get a little bit of an emotional break, so you come back and you miss it and you're refreshed and ready to finish the last 29 games of the season hard."

Timing, it seems, really is everything.

"We feel like we're playing well, but, at the same time, we can come back and play good again later on," said Korver, who has been living out of a Salt Lake City hotel since he was traded. "So we're gonna take a few days and enjoy them, and come back Monday ready to go."

Besides, he added, "I've got to go home, get some clean clothes."

Really.

He does.

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