-- The Jazz knew they were gambling when they entered the season with just two point guards on their active roster.

For 37 games the decision paid off and in Game 38, they hit the jackpot.

On the night they found out what would happen if one of their point guards got hurt, rookie center Jarron Collins - who made the roster instead of a third point guard - delivered the biggest night of his brief professional career.

The Jazz center scored 22 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead the Jazz to a 95-80 victory over the Seattle SuperSonics at the Delta Center, even though backup point guard John Crotty was forced to sit out the second half.

""The guys came in prepared," John Stockton said of his emergency backups. ""That"s what this team is about. When you get thrown into situations that you"re not in an awful lot, it"s how you play under those that counts."