"That's where people might say we've failed a little bit," Sloan said of the s-l-o-w starts.
"I'm not going to jump off a building," the Hall of Fame coach later added. "That's what they call patience. ... Hopefully, we'll get better. Maybe we'll have to change."
Williams shook his head when asked if he can accept the clutch finishes and learn to accept the bumbling beginnings.
"I don't want to live with it," Williams said. "I wish we could start better and put teams away early into the games."
Sloan acknowledges that players might be feeling their way around the game's flow and their opponent at first, but he has some advice for guys if they're starting slowly because they need to save gas for later on.
"I say get in better shape," Sloan said. When that response elicited laughter from media members, he quickly replied: "No. I'm serious."
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Why does Jody continue to get quotes from Andrei Kirilenko on what is wrong with the team? Is there any bigger under-achiever than Andrei? Is he really giving us a 16 million dollar effort this season? I've seen most of the games this year and I More..
I love the caption on the photo with this article:
"Utah's C.J. Miles and the rest of the Jazz need to find a way to stop coming out of the gates in their games like cold molasses, yet continue their honey-sweet finishes."
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there is very little spark in the starting 5. Deron tends to walk the ball up the court, which stagnates any offense.
AK had better be on his way out as he has filled up only bench stat sheets this season.
Millsap had a good More..