Somewhere between last week's beating in Boston and the end of their four-game Eastern Conference trip in Cleveland, the Jazz came together, in Carlos Boozer's opinion.

San Antonio » For the record, the Jazz popped no champagne corks and smoked no victory cigars in their locker room. They made no plans for a celebratory lap along the River Walk or a stop at the Alamo for a team picture on their way to the airport.

San Antonio » It took more than 2 million votes apiece for Kobe Bryant and Chris Paul to be selected as the Western Conference's starting guards for the 2009 All-Star Game, but Deron Williams ' representatives have a plan to reach that number.

Just when the jittery Utah Jazz looked perfectly capable of squandering another big lead, they got a needed dose of poised leadership from an unexpected source Wednesday night at EnergySolutions Arena.

As Kyrylo Fesenko stole the ball from Chris Bosh at halfcourt in the first quarter, turned into a one-man, 7-foot-1, 300-pound fast break and danced around Jose Calderon for a layup, the Jazz couldn't have appeared in for an easier night against the Toronto Raptors.