Leave it to the Jazz to avoid getting swept up in Yao Fever.

Their first experience with 7-foot-6 Chinese rookie Yao Ming left Utah's players and coaches impressed and intrigued -- with Greg Ostertag.
   
Yes, Yao, whose face is on billboards all over town and who has drawn a Chinese news media contingent that numbers more than a dozen, played well, scoring 18 points, collecting seven rebounds, and forcing the Jazz to shoot far more jumpers than normal.
   
But the defense applied by Ostertag in the second half -- capped by an improbable swat of a Yao hook shot in the final two minutes -- seemed to impress the Jazz even more than the Rockets' new irresistible force.