A couple of evenings earlier in San Antonio, Jazz coach Jerry Sloan accused his club of playing scared, packing it in and not really seeming to care.

By Monday night, however, it appeared Sloan had his team back.
     
The 10-8 Jazz held on for a hard-earned 102-91 victory over Indiana, opening a three-game homestand with their seventh win in eight games.
     
Utah allowed the 14-3 Pacers to cut its 12-point fourth-quarter lead to as a few as four but pulled away in the final two minutes ? the late-game charge led by 40-year-old point guard John Stockton, who had a game-high 22 points, dished 10 assists for his fourth double-double of the season and made four steals.