<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Andre Owens is a little hazy on what exactly Jerry Sloan said to him Thursday morning. See, it's a little hard to hear when your heart is beating louder than the USC marching band. "My heart was pounding. You could see it coming out of my chest," Owens said after the Jazz's 89-83 loss to Denver on Friday. "All I said was, 'Thank you for allowing me this opportunity, and I won't let you down.' '' The rookie guard started repaying the Jazz against the Nuggets, teaming with fellow rookie Deron Williams to provide a fourth-quarter surge that, while not enough to overcome a confident playoff team that finished the preseason 7-1, certainly provided a few hints of what Utah can expect of its young team. Sloan just hopes the fourth quarter was more indicative than the third, when the Jazz, with nothing but veterans on the floor much of the time, slumped to a 14-point deficit. </div> <div align="center">Source</div>
