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Nets guard Deron Williams caught up with former teammate C.J. Miles in an EnergySolutions Arena tunnel prior to Utah's 107-94 home win against New Jersey on Saturday.While Williams and Miles chatted, some Jazz players cheered the New Orleans-San Francisco NFL playoff game.Utah center Al Jefferson also kept up on Saturday's games, jokingly wondering why the media didn't ask him about New England.Williams on his impression of returning to Salt Lake City: It wasn't a very good [game] for me. The Jazz's inside duo of Paul Millsap and Al Jefferson: It's working good. They have a great group in the frontcourt, especially those two young guys to back them up. They're dangerous when they're playing like that. They definitely hurt us tonight. We're a little thin at the big-man position right now; they kind of exploited us there. But they have a good all-around team and Ty's done a good job of getting those guys to execute the offense. They're playing really solid defensively, as well.Seeing potential in the Jazz that wasn't there when he was on the team: They definitely have a lot of potential. I thought we had potential as well. We just didn't really click last year. You could see that another year, adding some more talent, that things are coming together for them. Another year under Ty. They look really good right now.Jefferson on playing with Millsap: We play well with each other. Paul more of an inside-outside guy; I'm more of an inside guy. He's more easy to read, because you know if he pop, I duck in. If he go to the basket, I pop. It's fun playing off him.Jazz playing more up tempo, which makes it easier for the bigs: Yeah. I just think it start with the defense. When you play with the defense and you get turnovers, turnovers lead to fast break, fast break leads to easy baskets, easy baskets lead to getting our confidence up, and then that open everything up. They try to run the zone against us and we spread against the zone. We moved the ball; we got easy baskets inside. We got good outside shots, we made them get out of the zone, so we went back into the pick-and-roll, which they were struggling with that the whole night.Miles on Jazz moving the ball and speeding up the game: That's how I want to play. Just attack mode at all times. Try to find seams; get out and run. … I told Earl, I'm just running man; I'm trying to find some seams. Williams intentionally overreacting to a foul: You can tell him I said this, too — I touched him, but I didn't touch his face. They didn't call a foul until after he did whatever he did. I just laughed at it. It was fun.Jazz fans booing Williams: … Everybody has their perspective about what went down and how they feel about people. I mean, I'm pretty sure there's people out there that don't like some of the guys on the team right now. So there's nothing you can do about it.Corbin on what Utah's getting from Millsap and Jefferson: Tremendous job of knowing their spots. Reading each other very well; they're cutting off each other. I mean, as we go forward, they'll just continue to get better. And it's actually great for the young guys to see, so we can actually have film. As they come in, they kind of get a feel for what you're actually talking about … they can see the guys doing it, and they're getting better as a result. As we go forward, it's going to be huge that those two guys continue to feed off each other and read, so the young guys can learn it also. Seeing Williams in a Nets uniform: It was weird. You work [with] the guy for as long as we work with him and he was here — it was a little different feeling seeing him out there on the other side. But I'm happy for him. I think he's doing a good job with his team and hopefully it'll get better. … It's a weird feeling to have that many guys on one team to come into your place where you worked with them.Corbin praised everything from the Jazz's ball movement and offensive tempo to his team's ability to run the Nets off the 3-point line. New Jersey shot just 33.3 percent (9 of 27) beyond the arc. The Jazz outrebounded New Jersey 48-32, while Utah's bench outscored the Nets 45-28.Strong games by Raja Bell (12 points, 5-of-6 shooting), Gordon Hayward (10 points, 3 of 5) and Miles (17 points, 6 of 8). Bell continues to play with inspiration, while Miles had his most efficient outing of the season.Earl Watson continued to ignite the bench, and at least six Utah reserves scored four points.Nice win by the Jazz, who played with confidence from the start. But claiming victory in Denver on Sunday — or at the least showing 48 minutes of fight — will be the real test.Brian T. SmithTwitter: @tribjazz