The Cavs came into last night's game with their longest winning streak since last season and coach John Lucas expected his team to walk onto the court with a confident swagger.

"I'd like to see an arrogance that I had [as a player]," Lucas said. "Instead, I didn't see the arrogance of a team that's won four straight games."


Apparently, Lucas didn't get what he wanted.

Horrible shooting and a step-too-slow defense during the first half combined with a dominating Karl Malone led to a 103-92 Utah victory over the Cavs at Gund Arena, snapping the Cavs' four-game winning streak.

The Cavs shot 26.3 percent from the field during the first half and 36.6 percent from the field for the game. It was their lowest field-goal percentage since shooting 34.7 percent on Jan.13 at Portland.

The Jazz (30-24) won its fifth straight. This was the Jazz seventh game of its nine-game trip. Malone led the Jazz with 35 points. Andrei Kirilenko followed with 15 and John Stockton scored 12.