When one shorthanded bad team beats you, it's easy to chalk it up to poor officiating or bad luck or just an off-night.

But when two shorthanded bad teams in a row beat you, something's wrong.
     
Seriously wrong.
     
The Jazz got handled Tuesday night by the lowly Memphis Grizzlies, 86-79 ? a classic "It wasn't anywhere near that close" outcome. They were down by 27 in the fourth quarter at The Pyramid, and only a mercifully poor final few minutes by a Grizzlies team tired from stomping all over the Jazz made the score reasonably close.
     
The loss leaves Utah stumbling into a much-needed All-Star break with everyone heading for destinations unknown, with the exception of center Greg Ostertag, who is heading for a suspension.
     
Midway through the third quarter, Jazz coach Jerry Sloan sent Scott Padgett in for Ostertag, who to that point had committed three fouls in four minutes of play, looking for all the world like someone who started his break sometime well before this game.
     
As Ostertag left the floor, Sloan must have said something about being ready to play, because Ostertag shot back, "I'm ready. I'm ready. Put me back in the game." Then he started toward the scorers' table, but Sloan made it clear that would be unacceptable, so Ostertag headed back to the bench. On the way, though, he bumped Sloan, and the coach gave him a little shove and told him to go to the locker room.