It was on the floor, there for the having.

Karl Malone went after it, and as a result the Jazz left here with more than they bargained for.

They exited with a win. They departed with their slim hopes of earning homecourt advantage for the first round of the NBA's Western Conference playoffs still alive. And, on top of that, they had a ball doing it.
     
Utah left with a 93-88 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday night, primarily because they saw they what they wanted, and they went for it.