Ugh!  With a stellar opportunity to try and avoid the Sacramento Kings in the first round, the Jazz fall apart.

Steve Luhm writes about Utah's collapse in the third quarter against Denver.

Juwan Howard scored 20 points and Calbert Cheaney added 17 as the woeful Denver Nuggets again exposed the Jazz as Team Roller Coaster with a 98-90 victory at the Pepsi Center.

Coming off Saturday's determined win over the Los Angeles Clippers -- a victory that put them on the threshold of clinching their 19th consecutive playoff berth -- the Jazz played as poorly as they have all season.

Utah tied a season high with 28 turnovers and fell apart in the second half against a team that had lost 10 of its previous 13 games and entered with a 22-50 record.