Maybe there's something in the air. Maybe it's simply time, with the playoffs right around the corner, to hit their stride.

Whatever it is, the Jazz are starting to click.

John Stockton celebrated his 41st birthday in style Wednesday night, Greg Ostertag received not one but two standing ovations, and the Jazz won their fifth straight game, beating the Portland Trail Blazers 94-85 at the Delta Center to move to within two games of fifth place in the Western Conference standings.