SALT LAKE CITY Their start to the season wasn"t just bad, it was historically bad.

In other words, it was the perfect time for the Atlanta Hawks to come to town.

After enduring a three-game road trip where they won just once, the Jazz limped home to the Delta Center where they hadn"t won all year, so they weren"t about to critique their performance against the hapless Hawks Wednesday night.

There were just happy to walk away with a 96-89 victory.