Not that anyone believes that fate or conspiracy played a part -- right? -- but how spooky is it that 35 was one of the winning numbers in the Texas Lotto drawing Saturday? Coincidence or not, it sure looked like 35 was everywhere in the Lone Star State.
   
Karl Malone scored the 35,000th point of his career. John Stockton passed Reggie Theus for 35th place on the NBA's all-time scoring list. And most decisively, the Jazz shot, yep, 35 percent from the floor, trumping all the milestones with a brutally dispiriting loss to the Spurs, 107-85 in the SBC Center.
   
It only seemed as if the loss was the Jazz's 35th straight to their Midwest Division rivals.