'Tis the season to be stressed.
     
So who can blame Jazz coach Jerry Sloan if he had a concern or two heading into Utah's Sunday matinee with Memphis?
     
After all, as Sloan said, "Coaches worry about everything."
     
On this day, he fretted chiefly about a letdown after the Jazz's big win over NBA-leading Dallas on Friday night, and later about getting sucked in by sloppy play by the eight-win Grizzlies.
     
But with those two potential problems averted as Utah rolled easily and looked decent doing it in a 103-74 romp over Memphis at The Pyramid, Sloan's stress-meter skyrocketed with the thought of a much bigger worry that awaits: 7-foot-6 rookie center Yao Ming of the Houston Rockets, whom the Jazz visit tonight.
     
"We just have to try to execute, and try not to let him do the things that he does well," said Sloan, who got a sneak peek at Yao representing his native China at the FIBA World Championship tournament in Indianapolis last summer.
     
"We haven't played against (the Rockets), but we know they're very talented individually, and they're getting better and better all the time as a team because of what he presents," Sloan added. "I mean, he's not going to give you a lot of easy baskets inside."