Believe it or not, the Jazz actually looked good when no one was watching.

Problem was, once a coast-to-coast audience tuned in, Utah put up yet another embarrassing effort against the Sacramento Kings.

Two days after getting humiliated 113-80 in Sacramento, Saturday brought more of the same as the Kings thumped them again, this time 114-90 at the Delta Center.

""You can"t compete against anyone if you"re not playing together," Jazz coach Jerry Sloan said. ""And right now we don"t seem to be together."

The Kings, now 33-10, have the best record in the NBA, while Utah falls to .500 at 22-22.

More foreboding for the Jazz, they drop to 1-10 against the top five teams in the NBA"s Western Conference.

""Can you argue with it?" Jazz star Karl Malone asked. ""We got our butts kicked by 35 points two games in a row."

Malone led the Jazz with 17 points and Andrei Kirilenko