The AP reports on Ryan Bowen's buzzer beater.

At halftime, the Utah Jazz retired the No. 14 of guard Jeff Hornacek, who started his 14-year career with the Suns.

Guard Penny Hardaway said Hornacek was always a tough matchup.

"It was always tough for me to guard him," Hardaway said. "I was taller, faster, quicker, jumped higher, everything, and he'd still get the best of me a lot of times. He was smart. Coming off those picks, catching you helping out too much and then knocking down big shots.

"He was clever with the basketball. When he was younger, he was really exceptional offensively. As he got older and his knee started bothering him, he slowed down, but he didn't stop scoring. He could still pick his spots where he could take advantage of you."

Former Utah and Phoenix guard Jeff Hornacek never returned to his courtside seat at the Delta Center after they retired his No. 14 at halftime Tuesday night.

And who could blame him?

Hornacek and a sellout crowd had already seen enough to know that the Jazz was in control of a game it would win going away.

The Jazz snapped the Suns' four-game winning streak and put an exclamation point on Hornacek's big night with an easy 99-76 victory.

Jeff Hornacek got a banner, Mark Jackson reached a milestone and coach Jerry Sloan may have found a rotation that works.

On the night the Jazz retired Hornacek's No. 14 in a halftime ceremony, they also managed to put together one of their best overall performances of the year as they beat the Phoenix Suns 99-76.

Tuesday's victory at the Delta Center marked the first time all season the 5-7 Jazz have won back-to-back games.

"That was the best game that we played wire-to-wire probably all year," Sloan said. "We passed the ball and it seemed that we knew what we were doing most of the time."

Jeff Hornacek was digging through some old files recently when he came across a copy of a note he sent to Suns Chairman Jerry Colangelo when he was a rookie.

"It said that I'd be starting by a certain number of years, and we'd be in the playoffs and by the sixth year, we'd be playing for a championship," Hornacek said.

Even in his best-laid plans, Hornacek never imagined seeing his No. 14 jersey rise to the rafters.

Especially in Utah instead of Phoenix.

Chris Tomasson writes about the Nuggets lack of offense in last night's 3 point loss to the Phoenix Suns.

The Nuggets host the Phoenix Suns tonight at the Pepsi Center.  The Suns are 3-3 and the Nuggets are 2-4.

The drought has to come to an end at some point. But this wasn't the night.

After a 93-88 loss to the Suns Wednesday, the Hawks continued to fall deep into a valley of road losses here, never winning in 10 games at America West Arena. The Hawks' last win here came 11 years ago in the old Veterans Memorial Coliseum.