<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">While a playoff berth seems to fade off into the distance, the Jazz are getting closer and closer to some franchise records. And no, that's not a good thing. Saturday's 20-for-36 performance at the free-throw line didn't just cost the Jazz a game they desperately needed in order to stay within range of eighth place in the Western Conference. It also drew the 2005-06 team within a couple of bad bounces or errant trajectories of becoming the worst Jazz free-throw shooters ever. "It's kind of mind-boggling to me," said Jazz coach Jerry Sloan. Who can blame him? Utah's team conversion rate fell to .718 on Saturday, barely ahead of the 1985-86 Jazz mark of .716, which has stood as the worst for 20 seasons. That team's success rate was dragged down considerably by rookie Karl Malone, who was second on the team in free throws but made only 48.1 percent of them. And what would it take to dive below that inauspicious mark? Not much: Another 20-for-36 night would drop the Jazz to .715. The Jazz have no young Malone dragging down their team this year, though. All of Utah's most-frequent shooters are stuck in a zone of mediocrity, basically between .650 and .780. </div> <div align="center">Source</div>
