As if facing the Houston Rockets twice in two nights wasn't enough, the Jazz wanted to play a few extra minutes Tuesday.

It didn't matter that Karl Malone had broken his nose, or that Andrei Kirilenko was whacked in the jaw, or that Matt Harpring's sore ribs were still a tad tender.
     
Down by three points in the waning seconds of the fourth quarter, the Jazz desperately desired to go another five.