The Jazz were down early, seemingly headed for a loss.
     
Coming out of a second-quarter timeout, Greg Ostertag gathered his teammates on the Delta Center floor. He had a thought. It went something like this: "Look, we've been in this situation in a couple games lately, and we can bring this back."

Often, those around Ostertag might simply tune out the much-maligned backup center.
     
This time, though, was different.
     
"If he says something we don't agree with, it goes in one ear and out the other," forward Scott Padgett laughed later. "But that one actually made sense."
     
Sensible, and correct.
     
Utah used a 17-0 first-half run from its subs to rally from 14 points down Tuesday night, then easily held off Phoenix to win 98-84 and open a five-game homestand with several facts in its favor.
     
One is six victories in the past seven games, including two in a row. Another is that credit must go to the strength of its bench, something becoming quite a habit for the 18-16 Jazz.