--The Suns have lost two in a row after a season-best six-game winning streak was snapped, and they fell four games behind Dallas in the loss column for the final Western Conference playoff spot with just nine games remaining.
--Even with the overtime period and with a season-high 105 field-goal attempts, the Suns fell short of scoring 100 points, something that's happened only three times in Alvin Gentry's 22-game tenure with Phoenix. --Grant Hill had the game-clinching basket for Phoenix in Wednesday's win over Utah in Phoenix. But Saturday, Hill was the co-goat of the game when he and Shaquille O'Neal somehow botched an inbounds handoff with just over 20 seconds left, allowing the Jazz to take over and score the tying basket.
QUOTES TO NOTE: "We had ample opportunities to go win the game. We just fell short tonight." -- Center Shaquille O'Neal.
"It's one of those nights. You've got to fight and find a way to stick around and we did that. But we just didn't make the plays down the stretch when we really needed them." -- Guard Steve Nash.
