One night, Karl Malone gets belted in the nose. The next, he and his teammates get kicked in the stomach.
   
It was hard to tell which was more painful.
   
"I've never seen us play that selfish in a long time," Malone said after a disastrous Delta Center encore to Tuesday's thrilling victory in Houston. No heroics were called for this time -- the Jazz couldn't stop Steve Francis, couldn't make a jump shot and especially couldn't match their young opponent's energy, finally succumbing to the worst loss of their season, 106-76 to the Rockets.