In any language? Kings coach Rick Adelman said he continually stresses to his bunch the Jazz are to be taken quite seriously, going over film, hammering home the point in practices and timeouts with pained expressions.

"I can't say it any more, unless I learn another language and say it to Peja Stojakovic, Vlade Divac and Hedo Turkoglu."

A state divided. The callers that voice their radio opinions on 1280 The Sports Zone in Salt Lake City have been split on the chances of the Jazz, 9 1/2-point underdogs Saturday, the biggest spread of any opening game this weekend. "There are still the die-hards who think there's a championship run left in this team, and the other half say, 'You know, we're done, let's move on already,' " said Eric Ray of 1280. "It makes for very good radio. But you listen to 1140 (KHTK) in Sacramento, and nine out of 10 calls is about the Lakers."