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Jazz coach Tyrone Corbin said the word “effort” eight times during his postgame interview Wednesday night after Utah got walloped 117-100 by the Denver Nuggets. Corbin talked about the E word so often after the game because his team did not display it while not playing the D word during the game.

Of course, the fast-paced, high-powered Nuggets might have a lot of teams questioning their defense this season — not that that’s an excuse for the Jazz’s effortless showing.

Three more points about the latest lopsided loss:

POINT 1: Devin Harris needs to get more assists. Jazz offenses have been successful over the past three decades when the point guard has the offense flowing and going, and assists are a natural byproduct of that execution. That simply hasn’t happened yet. Harris only had two assists in this one after dishing out just six dimes in Tuesday’s blowout loss. In comparison, backups Earl Watson and Jamaal Tinsley each had four assists in Denver.

POINT 2: C.J. Miles had a much better night offensively against the Nuggets, but four of his nine shots were from beyond the arc. Making three 3-pointers is a bonus, but that shot ratio isn’t an ideal one. The Jazz would benefit if Miles and Gordon Hayward both attacked the rim more than have so far. (Three of Hayward’s six shots were long bombs, too.) The player they could emulate? Alec Burks. Sure, he played in garbage time, but the rookie was aggressive and relentless in bursting toward the basket in his impressive Colorado return. One man’s trash is another man’s treasure, right?

POINT 3: Derrick Favors’ monster preseason double-double (25 points, 12 rebounds) in Portland was impressive, but it might have gotten hopes up a bit too high about what the 20-year-old is capable of doing at this point of his career. The stratosphere is his limit, but for now the Jazz will gladly settle for him keeping his feet on the court longer than a few minutes in the first quarter. For the second game in a row, he picked up a quick second foul and was banished to the bench. It was surprising, though, that he only ended up playing 17 minutes, especially considering he didn’t foul again.