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2013 Utah Jazz By the Numbers

1.69  Blocks per game Derrick Favors averaged – good for 13th in the NBA and the second highest by any non-starter. 37 Double doubles Al Jefferson totaled this season, 9th in the NBA. 178 The number of three-pointers Randy Foye

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Photo: David Sherman NBAE/Getty Images Photo: David Sherman NBAE/Getty Images

It all comes down to this. After 81 games, the grueling NBA marathon comes to an end tonight.  Every team in the league will be in action tonight and for most teams, the last game of the year is just

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Photo: Melissa Majchrzak NBAE/Getty Images Photo: Melissa Majchrzak NBAE/Getty Images

The Jazz played solid defense, made a late surge but ultimately fell to Oklahoma City 90-80 on Tuesday night, losing for only the second time in the last nine games. Coming off a road win in Golden State on Sunday

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Photo:  Steve Yeater NBAE/Getty Images Photo: Steve Yeater NBAE/Getty Images

Hustle. A simple word and seemingly such a simple concept.  Hustle on the basketball court takes focus and determination, and it’s the reason why the Jazz went into Oakland and came out with a huge 97-90 victory against the Warriors.

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Photos: Bill Baptist, Glenn James, D. Clarke Evans NBAE/Getty Images Photos: Bill Baptist, Glenn James, D. Clarke Evans NBAE/Getty Images

Everything’s Bigger in Texas…even road trips. Coming off Monday’s disastrous loss to the Knicks, who played without Carmelo Anthony, Tyson Chandler and Amare Stoudemire, the Jazz are reeling. They are losers of seven of their last ten and haven’t won

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Melissa Majchrzak NBAE/Getty Images Melissa Majchrzak NBAE/Getty Images

Oklahoma City’s stars were shining and filling up the stat sheet but it didn’t matter as Utah’s total team effort lead the Jazz to a 109-94 win Tuesday night. Figuratively (and almost literally) this game was like a boxing match.

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Greg Foster Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images

Three friends set out on a pheasant hunt early one morning. Two of them were from the country, were seasoned hunters and knew their way around a shotgun; finding the game bird was second nature to them. The third hunter