Three games into the season, the Jazz's issues seemed almost infinite following Monday night's 113-96 embarrassment against the Houston Rockets, but the foremost question is whether their fans are going to stick around through the search for answers.

The Jazz were run off the floor in the fourth quarter and watched EnergySolutions Arena empty as rarely seen, starting with 5 minutes remaining and the Rockets leading by 18 and turning into a full-blown protest march to the exits during a timeout with 3:44 left.

With the memories of last season's 2-7 collapse to finish the regular season still fresh, the Jazz apparently exhausted the patience of their fans by the first week of November. Even Deron Williams admitted the Jazz seem headed down the same disappointing path.

"It's like we picked up right where we left off," Williams said. "We haven't played a good game of basketball yet. It doesn't look too good right now from the inside.