The Jazz practiced Tuesday in Minneapolis and Thursday in Philadelphia, then lost the next night in both cities.

Saturday, they had the day off in New Jersey.
     
Jerry Sloan passed time talking on the phone, searching for tractor parts. But the Jazz coach's mind kept coming back to basketball. Back to his team's three-game losing streak. Back to the way it was playing during one of its worst stretches this season.
     
"It was one of the longest days of my life," Sloan said.