There was one thing from the Denver beatdown that bothered me most. More than making Linas Klieza look like an all-star. More than the 11th loss in their last 12 road games. More than Jason Hart's ineptitude. More than Carlos Boozer's infatuation with his jumpshot. More than Paul Millsap continuing to get zero respect from the referees. More than the "it's not the team, it's their schedule" excuses.

It occured in the 3rd Quarter when Kleiza had a fastbreak layup looking for 2 of his eventual 41 points, and Kover fouled him while clearly going for the ball. Clean play? Yes. Hard foul? You betchya. Kleiza took exception to this and blatanlty kneed Kover in the back while Korver was trying to get up, and stood over Kyle as if to punk him. This occured right in front of Carlos Boozer and Deron Williams and no one did anything.

This is the problem with this team. No toughness. If you're doing the radio shows, if you're talking about being the future of this team, you gotta get in Kleiza's face. Do you think Michael Jordan or Karl Malone would have stood there and did nothing? Heck, Raja Bell would be suspended by now.

I don't care if Boozer's making $64 million or DWill's going to get max money. Like the school yard bully, Linas Klieza just took their milk money and the Jazz did nothing to stop him.