Boozer leads Jazz to third straight win
SALT LAKE CITY (AP)—After trudging through most of November, the Utah Jazzfinished the month with the kind of game that’s been expected of them.
Carlos Boozer(notes) had 24 points, 15 rebounds and seven assists, and RonnieBrewer(notes) was one off his career high with 25 points as the Jazz won their thirdstraight, 120-93 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Monday night.
“That’s what we’re supposed to do,” Brewer said. “We’re so talented.We’ve got so many guys who can do so many things, there’s no reason why weshouldn’t play like we have the last three games.”
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It was the most points for Utah this season. The Jazz’s three-game winningstreak ties their biggest of the season and puts Utah (10-7) three games above.500 for the first time.
“We’re making the extra pass and we’re shooting 60 percent or close to itevery game,” said Boozer, who flirted with a triple-double until resting mostof the fourth quarter. “On the defensive side, we’re doing a great job offinishing.”
The Jazz beat the Grizzlies for the 10th straight time, going 45 for 77 fromthe floor and hitting 7-of-14 3-pointers.
Rookie Wesley Matthews(notes) scored a career-high 17, going 6 for 7 from thefloor, and Deron Williams(notes) had 22 points and six assists for the Jazz.
Utah had 28 assists to Memphis’ 15.
“We’re trying to share the basketball. When you do that, you get bettershots,” Utah coach Jerry Sloan said.
O.J. Mayo(notes) had 20 points to lead the Grizzlies. Memphis was without leadingscorer Rudy Gay(notes) (family reasons) and fell to 2-9 on the road.
The Grizzlies were coming off a 98-88 loss at the Los Angeles Clippers onSunday, when they blew a 20-point lead and scored just seven points in thefourth quarter. The only lead Memphis held on Monday was 2-0 and that didn’tlast long.
“They’re playing really well,” Memphis coach Lionel Hollins said.“They’ve destroyed a couple of teams here in their last games and we just gotadded to that.”
Sam Young(notes) scored a career-high 17 in his first start and Zach Randolph(notes) had15 points and nine rebounds for the Grizzlies.
All nine Utah players who made it into the game scored and six of themscored in double figures. The Jazz never trailed after Matthews broke a 2-2 tieon a 3-pointer with 10:14 left in the first quarter.
“We just couldn’t make a stop when we needed it,” Young said. “I think alot of times we felt like we had some momentum but couldn’t get stops ondefense.”
The Jazz went up 88-68 in the third quarter after a layup by Kyrylo Fesenko(notes),then they closed the period on a 7-2 run. Williams started it with a 3-pointer,then Brewer stole a pass from Marcus Williams and took it in all alone for ashowboat one-handed dunk, which he followed with an acrobatic layup over DeMarreCarroll(notes) after another turnover by the Grizzlies.
“I don’t know how that layup went in, truthfully,” said Brewer, who bankedthe shot high off the backboard and in as he tumbled toward the baseline.
The rout continued in the fourth quarter when Matthews dipped the ballbehind the backboard for a reverse layup that made it 103-78.
NOTES: Utah’s previous scoring high this season was 113. … The Jazz were12 for 17 from the floor in the first quarter. … All the Jazz starters hadscored in double figures by halftime except for Okur, who had just two points in12 minutes because of foul trouble and a sore chest. … The Jazz improved to4-1 on a six-game homestand.
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