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Utah Jazz: Houston Rockets annihilate Jazz, 125-80, in Utah's worst home loss ever

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By Jody Genessy, Deseret News

Published: Monday, Jan. 28 2013 10:40 p.m. MST

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It was by far the worst home loss in the franchise's 39-season history. And it was the biggest margin of defeat the Utah era has experienced since John Stockton, Karl Malone and crew fell to the Los Angeles Lakers 113-67 on Feb. 4, 2000.

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"So many things went wrong," Millsap said. "You are going to have nights where nothing goes right for you and everything goes right for the other team. It was that kind of night and we just have to push forward."

That will begin with a practice this morning that should be plenty of "fun," no doubt.

Corbin said he will re-watch the game film in hopes of taking "something from it." Unless he changes his mind, the players might thank him later because he isn't going to make them view it again.

"I don't think the guys need to see this over again," he said.

Experiencing it once in person was bad enough.

"It was hard to watch," Hayward said.

Tell the fans about it. The 18,387 spectators in attendance were vocal from early on, booing throughout the pathetic performance.

Mock cheers erupted, however, when Rocket reserve James Anderson fired in a 3-pointer with 27.6 seconds remaining to put Houston up 125-75.

"If I was them, I would've booed us too. It's not weird," Jefferson said. "That's what we love about our fans. They're with us. They're going to tell us the truth. We should've been booing ourselves."

NOTES: The Jazz's biggest loss was a 56-point blowout at Milwaukee on March 14, 1979, when the Bucks throttled New Orleans 158-102. The franchise suffered three 46-point losses, all after moving to Utah. … The Jazz's previous worst home loss was a 33-point setback (126-93) against Milwaukee on Nov. 18, 1980. … This was the Jazz's worst offensive output of the season. Utah won its previous low-scoring game, 83-76, at Washington on Nov. 17. ... Murphy had a career-best nine points.

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B Russ
Ephraim, UT

Corbin. What a joke. Who's brite idea was it to give this fellow an extension? Haven't we seen enough of this already? Changes need to be made, soon!

  • 11:24 p.m. Jan. 28, 2013
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Americanvet
Ivins, UT

@ uncle Rico
You ask us to name a coach to replace Corbin, I'll turn the tables and ask you how he's doing a great job and "moving this team forward"? The team snuck into the playoffs last year and if they"re lucky they More..

  • 8:47 a.m. Jan. 29, 2013
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Sega
South Salt Lake, utah

^^^Some stats to back up my case I researched.

-All Jefferson has went to the line 8 times the last 5 games. Derrick Favors has went to the line 21 times.
-Al Jefferson has scored a total of 72 points the last 5 games, Derrick Favors More..

  • 11:20 a.m. Jan. 29, 2013
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