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Jazz continue home dominance against Clippers
posted 10/31/09
12:21 am
The Jazz have won 13 straight and 39 of the last 40 against the Clippers in Salt Lake City. Los Angeles' last win at Utah was a 96-89 triumph on Jan. 22, 2003.
Carlos Boozer had 20 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists for Utah, which lost, 114-105, to Denver on Wednesday. Deron Williams added 21 points and nine assists. Ronnie Brewer ended with 17 points and five rebounds for the victors.
Eric Gordon paced the Clippers with 22 points. Chris Kaman and Baron Davis each had 21 points and four rebounds for Los Angeles, which lost to the Suns and Lakers to begin the season. Al Thornton had 12 points in defeat.
The Jazz went on a 10-0 run to start the fourth quarter. Millsap bookended the spurt with a jumper and a pair of free throws to give Utah a 93-84 edge with under 10 minutes remaining.
A Thornton three-point play brought the Clippers within five with under 6 1/2 minutes to go. Utah responded with an 11-2 run to take control. Millsap paced the flurry with six points, including a jumper to cap it off with 3:30 left.
LA never got closer than 12 the remainder of the way.
Trailing 18-17 midway through the first quarter, the Jazz ripped off eight straight points to take a 25-18 lead. Boozer's layup capped off the spurt with 4:43 to go, and Utah held onto a 34-32 lead after 12 minutes.
The Clippers scored the final five points of the second period to tie the contest at 60 heading into the locker room.
A Rasual Butler jumper put LA ahead 84-78 with under 1 1/2 minutes to play in the third, but Utah cut the gap to one before the stanza came to an end.
Game Notes
Utah outscored LA, 28-14, in the fourth quarter...The Jazz exercised their third-year contract option on center Kosta Koufos for the 2010-11 season...Utah went 3-0 against the Clippers last season...Utah shot 50 percent from the field, while Los Angeles made 45.9 percent of its shots...The Jazz won the rebound battle, 48-35.
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