When the 76ers face the Utah Jazz tonight in Energy Solutions Arena, all it represents to Gordan Giricek is his first game against his former team. The Sixers sent Kyle Korver to the Jazz for Giricek and a future protected first-round draft choice in a deal that was completed early last Saturday morning.

Giricek made his debut Monday night, scoring six points in 13 minutes of the Sixers' 98-90 victory in Seattle. Korver was more high-profile in his Monday Jazz debut, contributing 11 points in 17 minutes and being named player of the game in a 111-101 victory that ended the Portland Trail Blazers' winning streak at 13.

Time, Giricek said, to look ahead rather than behind.

"We're done with that story [of his three seasons-plus with the Jazz]," he said. "I have a new chapter in my basketball career. It's Philadelphia, and I'm going to do everything I can to help the team."

"It will be awkward a little [tonight]. I've been playing basketball a long time, and I don't need any more excitement like that. I don't fall into the [trap] that this is my ex-team; they traded me and now I'm going to do everything I can to beat them. I think I'm going to see it as a game that I'm going to help my new team beat my old team."