Boozer lifts Jazz to ninth straight win
February 10, 2010
LOS ANGELES (AP)—Carlos Boozer(notes) had 34 points and 14 rebounds and the Utah Jazzbeat the Los Angeles Clippers 109-99 Tuesday night for their ninth straightvictory.
Boozer, in his second game back after missing the previous three because ofa right calf strain, was 13 for 17 from the field to help the Jazz win for the13th time in their last 14 games. First-time All-Star Deron Williams(notes) added 13points and 11 assists.
Los Angeles center Chris Kaman(notes), who was named to his first All-Star game onSunday as a replacement for injured Portland guard Brandon Roy(notes), had 19 pointsand seven rebounds. Rasual Butler(notes) had 18 points and Eric Gordon(notes) and Baron Davis(notes)each added 16 for the Clippers, who have lost seven of their last eight and twostraight since Kim Hughes replaced Mike Dunleavy as head coach.
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The Jazz have beaten the Clippers six straight times, including a 111-98 winin Utah’s home opener, when Mehmet Okur(notes) was sidelined with ankle and kneesprains. Okur had eight points in the rematch.
Reserve guard Ronnie Price(notes), who played less than 8 1-2 minutes over thefirst three quarters and had three points, made a driving layup and a pair of3-pointers during a 1:39 span early in the fourth quarter to help the Jazz pullahead 88-86 after they trailed by as many as 11 with 8 minutes left in thethird.
Utah took the lead for good, 90-88, when Andrei Kirilenko(notes) missed a jumperand C.J. Miles(notes) went up to slam home the rebound with 9:09 remaining.Back-to-back three-point plays by Boozer and Wesley Matthews(notes) increased Utah’smargin to 98-89 with 7:17 left.
Boozer made seven of his first eight shots, but missed a couple of chippiesafter back-to-back offensive rebounds on the same Clippers possession early inthe third quarter. Los Angeles increased its margin to 70-59 on a layup byKaman.
The Clippers got as close as 104-99 on Gordon’s 3-point play with 3 minutesto go, but Davis blew an easy fastbreak layup after a turnover by the Jazz, andBoozer sealed it for Utah 9 seconds later with a dunk that gave the Jazz a107-99 cushion.
Trailing by as many as eight points, the Clippers pulled ahead 56-52 with a12-3 run in the final 2:19 of the first half.
NOTES: A victory Wednesday night at home against the Lakers would give theJazz their 10th double-digit winning streak in franchise history, and ninthunder coach Jerry Sloan. The other was in 1977-78 in New Orleans, when theteam’s coach was former Clippers general manager Elgin Baylor. … Sloan’s .766winning percentage against the Clippers in the regular season (72-22) is hishighest against any club. That record includes a 7-3 mark with Chicago. …Kaman is one of three players in the league averaging at least 20 points andnine rebounds. The others are Chris Bosh(notes) and Zach Randolph(notes), who made theAll-Star team after the Clippers traded him to Memphis in July. … This will bethe fourth straight year and 14th time since 1990 that the Jazz (32-18) willhave at least 30 wins before the All-Star break. There was no All-Star game in1999 because of the lockout. … Utah is 10-12 on the road, and will play 19 oftheir final 31 games away from the Salt Palace. The Jazz haven’t had a winningroad record since the 2000-01 season, when they were 25-16.
