"We're a young team trying to figure out what we are sometimes," Sloan added. "We got a little bit too anxious, and that's one of the things we have a tendency to have done here the last couple, three weeks."

MISC.: With starting center Mehmet Okur (strained shoulder) out, Paul Millsap finished with 20 points and a season-high 13 rebounds while logging a season-high 40 minutes for the Jazz. ... Jazz backup point guard Jason Hart will miss Friday's game at Portland while mourning the death of his grandfather, Kirby Young, in the Los Angeles area. Earlier this season, Hart missed time while mourning the death of his grandmother — Mr. Young's wife. ... Nash went into Wednesday's game averaging 12.4 assists — the highest average in NBA history since retired Jazz point John Stockton's 12.6 in 1993-94. ... Nash had the cap on one of his front teeth knocked off when he got clipped by a Boozer forearm on a rebound play late in the second quarter. ... After spending five years coaching in South Korea, former Jazz guard Jay Humphries is a first-year assistant coach with the Suns. ... Ex-Jazz guard Raja Bell had two points and shot just 1-of-8 from the field for Phoenix. ... ESPN's broadcast crew Wednesday included ex-Jazz point Mark Jackson. ... Sloan tried to make a point with referee Ron Garretson at the end of the first quarter, but instead got corralled by ESPN for a between-periods interview that the NBA is forcing to coaches to conduct during nationally televised games.

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