A 33-point loss, their biggest of the season. Largest loss margin ever against Sacramento. Got down in the second quarter and never did come close to getting back in it.
     
After falling 113-80 to the NBA-leading Kings on Thursday night, the fading-fast Jazz had to be thinking it couldn't get much worse than that.
     
But it can: Utah must face Sacramento three more times this season, including Saturday's rematch at the Delta Center.
     
That's cold reality for a 22-21 club that's dropped four of its last five overall, mustered only one win in a total of 10 games against the Western Conference's five top teams and just got its tail kicked.
     
"Games like this, teams like this we play, show us how far we have to go," said point guard John Stockton, who nevertheless maintains faith that the Jazz can be a much better team than their barely above-.500 record indicates.
     
"We're a long ways away," Stockton added. "So you can either put your head down in the dirt, throw your arms up and say 'that's it,' or you see what we can do to try to get to that level. Clearly, we're not there yet."
     
Clearly.