GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NBA: NEW JERSEY (4-6) at UTAH (7-4)

NBA: NEW JERSEY at UTAH

<div class="pre">NBA NEW JERSEY 36
UTAH 46 2:59 LEFT, 2ND QTR</div>

 

NBA: NEW JERSEY at UTAH

<div class="pre">NBA NEW JERSEY 41
UTAH 51 HALFTIME</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA HALFTIME 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
NEW JERSEY 17 24 41
UTAH 30 21 51 HALFTIME

HIGH SCORERS AT HALFTIME

NJN - RICHARD JEFFERSON 15, BOSTJAN NACHBAR 6,
SEAN WILLIAMS 6
UTH - MEHMET OKUR 10, RONNIE BREWER 10, DERON
WILLIAMS 9</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA NEW JERSEY 43
UTAH 61 8:57 LEFT, 3RD QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA NEW JERSEY 50
UTAH 67 6:15 LEFT, 3RD QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA NEW JERSEY 54
UTAH 75 3:01 LEFT, 3RD QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA NEW JERSEY 58
UTAH 83 END, 3RD QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA END 3RD QTR 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
NEW JERSEY 17 24 17 58
UTAH 30 21 32 83 END 3RD QTR

HIGH SCORERS AFTER 3RD QUARTER

NJN - RICHARD JEFFERSON 22, BOSTJAN NACHBAR
10, SEAN WILLIAMS 8
UTH - CARLOS BOOZER 17, DERON WILLIAMS 16,
RONNIE BREWER 14</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA NEW JERSEY 67
UTAH 90 6:08 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA NEW JERSEY 69
UTAH 97 3:16 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA NEW JERSEY 75
UTAH 102 FINAL</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
NEW JERSEY 17 24 17 17 75
UTAH 30 21 32 19 102 FINAL

HIGH SCORERS: NJN - RICHARD JEFFERSON 22, BOSTJAN NACHBAR
16, EDDIE GILL 12
UTH - DERON WILLIAMS 20, CARLOS BOOZER 17,
RONNIE BREWER 14</div>

 

NBA: NEW JERSEY at UTAH

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NBA
NEW JERSEY 75
UTAH 102 FINAL</div>

 

By Chris Bellamy
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


SALT LAKE CITY (Ticker) - A return home was all the Utah Jazzneeded to get things back on track - that, and a New Jerseysquad without its most explosive scorer.


Deron Williams scored 20 points and dished out six assists andCarlos Boozer added 17 points and six rebounds as the Jazzsnapped their two-game skid with a resounding 102-75 victoryover the Vince Carter-less Nets.


New Jersey's superstar guard missed his fifth straight game witha sprained right ankle he suffered in a loss to the BostonCeltics on November 10.


In his absence, the Nets were no match for the Jazz, who werecoming off a 1-2 Eastern Conference road trip and hadsurrendered 40 points to Cleveland's LeBron James and 25 toIndiana's Mike Dunleavy in consecutive nights.


<div class="pre">Monday night, it was the Jazz who had gone three straight</div><div class="pre">games without reaching the 100-point mark who asserted</div>themselves on the offensive end. After Richard Jefferson's15-point first half kept the game close early on, Utah took firmcontrol once the second-half whistle blew.


Second-year guard Ronnie Brewer found an open Carlos Boozerunder the basket for an easy layup on the opening possession ofthe third quarter, and scored a layup of his own just 30 secondslater to help ignite a 13-2 run that turned a modest 10-pointedge into a decisive 64-43 advantage.


Williams, who had a subpar showing during the team's road trip,broke out of his mini-slump, was a key component as Utah's leadballooned to as high as 25.


Midway through the third, Williams scored six points in a matterof 35 seconds. He got it done from the outside, burying hissecond 3-pointer of the night at the 5:49 mark, and then wentinside on the following possession, driving in the lane andcompleting a three-point play to increase Utah's lead to 73-52.

Williams, who shot just 28 percent (7-for-25)during the Jazz's two-game losing streak, led an efficient Utahoffense that shot 52 percent (35-of-67) from the floor. Heasserted himself quickly, scoring seven points and dishing out apair of assists in the opening quarter Monday night.

Brewer added 14 points and six assists and Mehmet Okur scored 14for the Jazz.


The Nets, who have lost all five games since Carter's injury andsix in a row overall, got preciously little offensiveproduction outside of Jefferson, who finished with 22. JasonKidd had eight assists but was just 1-of-9 from the field fortwo points.

 

NBA: NEW JERSEY at UTAH

<div class="pre">NEW JERSEY (75) AT UTAH (102)

NEW JERSEY

REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===

J KIDD G 27:49 1-9 0-0 0 2 2 8 2 2 6 2
A WRIGHT G 32:31 2-9 2-5 1 4 5 1 1 2 1 6
S WILLIAMS F 29:16 3-6 4-6 2 2 4 1 3 1 5 10
R JEFFERSON F 33:03 7-13 6-8 1 2 3 2 2 0 2 22
J MAGLOIRE C 13:53 1-4 0-2 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 2
B NACHBAR 32:48 6-12 2-3 0 2 2 0 3 2 1 16
M ALLEN 17:18 1-5 3-3 2 2 4 0 2 1 1 5
J BOONE 12:17 0-1 0-2 2 3 5 0 4 0 0 0
N KRSTIC 10:40 0-6 0-0 0 2 2 0 3 0 0 0
J COLLINS 10:14 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0
E GILL 20:11 4-5 2-2 0 4 4 3 4 2 2 12

TOTALS 240:00 25-71 19-31 9 25 34 15 28 10 19 75
(.352) (.613) TEAM REBS: 12 TOTAL TO: 19 (0 PTS)

UTAH

REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===

D WILLIAMS G 33:58 8-11 2-3 1 3 4 6 2 2 4 20
R BREWER G 29:40 3-5 7-10 0 0 0 6 2 5 1 14
C BOOZER F 24:28 8-9 1-2 1 5 6 1 3 0 1 17
A KIRILENKO F 30:13 2-3 3-4 1 6 7 3 1 1 2 7
M OKUR C 27:12 6-10 2-3 1 6 7 1 5 0 2 14
P MILLSAP 24:15 3-7 3-4 2 8 10 0 3 2 2 9
J COLLINS 19:14 1-2 4-9 0 0 0 2 3 1 1 6
M HARPRING 14:11 2-6 3-4 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 7
R PRICE 14:02 2-6 3-4 1 3 4 0 1 1 2 8
G GIRICEK 13:23 0-5 0-0 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 0
C MILES 4:42 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
M ALMOND 4:42 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

TOTALS 240:00 35-67 28-43 8 35 43 20 24 15 16 102
(.522) (.651) TEAM REBS: 17 TOTAL TO: 16 (0 PTS)

NEW JERSEY 17 24 17 17 - 75
UTAH 30 21 32 19 - 102

BLOCKED SHOTS: NEW JERSEY - S WILLIAMS 3, M ALLEN. UTAH - A KIRILENKO 2,
C BOOZER, P MILLSAP.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: NEW JERSEY 6-21 (.286), J KIDD 0-4, A WRIGHT 0-
4, R JEFFERSON 2-4, B NACHBAR 2-7, E GILL 2-2. UTAH 4-10 (.400), D WILLIAMS 2-
3, R BREWER 1-2, M OKUR 0-1, R PRICE 1-2, G GIRICEK 0-2.
TECHNICAL FOULS: NEW JERSEY - R JEFFERSON.
FLAGRANT FOULS: NONE.
OFFICIALS: COURTNEY KIRKLAND, JOE DEROSA, JOHN GOBEL.
A - 19,911. T - 2:14.</div>

 

NBA: NEW JERSEY at UTAH

<div class="pre">NEW JERSEY (75)

fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
J Kidd 27:49 1-9 0-0 0-2 8 2 2
A Wright 32:31 2-9 2-5 1-5 1 1 6
S Williams 29:16 3-6 4-6 2-4 1 3 10
R Jefferson 33:03 7-13 6-8 1-3 2 2 22
J Magloire 13:53 1-4 0-2 1-2 0 1 2
B Nachbar 32:48 6-12 2-3 0-2 0 3 16
M Allen 17:18 1-5 3-3 2-4 0 2 5
J Boone 12:17 0-1 0-2 2-5 0 4 0
N Krstic 10:40 0-6 0-0 0-2 0 3 0
J Collins 10:14 0-1 0-0 0-1 0 3 0
E Gill 20:11 4-5 2-2 0-4 3 4 12

______________________________________________________
TOTALS 240:00 25-71 19-31 9-34 15 28 75
______________________________________________________

Percentages: FG-.352, FT-.613. 3-Point Goals:
6-21, .286 (J Kidd 0-4, A Wright 0-4, R
Jefferson 2-4, B Nachbar 2-7, E Gill 2-2).
Team Rebounds: 12. Blocked Shots:4 (S
Williams 3, M Allen). Turnovers:19 (J Kidd 6,
S Williams 5, R Jefferson 2, E Gill 2, J
Magloire, M Allen, A Wright, B Nachbar).
Steals: 10 (J Kidd 2, E Gill 2, A Wright 2, B
Nachbar 2, M Allen, S Williams).


UTAH (102)

fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
D Williams 33:58 8-11 2-3 1-4 6 2 20
R Brewer 29:40 3-5 7-10 0-0 6 2 14
C Boozer 24:28 8-9 1-2 1-6 1 3 17
A Kirilenko 30:13 2-3 3-4 1-7 3 1 7
M Okur 27:12 6-10 2-3 1-7 1 5 14
P Millsap 24:15 3-7 3-4 2-10 0 3 9
J Collins 19:14 1-2 4-9 0-0 2 3 6
M Harpring 14:11 2-6 3-4 1-2 1 2 7
R Price 14:02 2-6 3-4 1-4 0 1 8
G Giricek 13:23 0-5 0-0 0-2 0 2 0
C Miles 4:42 0-1 0-0 0-1 0 0 0
M Almond 4:42 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0

______________________________________________________
TOTALS 240:00 35-67 28-43 8-43 20 24 102
______________________________________________________

Percentages: FG-.522, FT-.651. 3-Point Goals:
4-10, .400 (D Williams 2-3, R Brewer 1-2, M
Okur 0-1, R Price 1-2, G Giricek 0-2). Team
Rebounds: 17. Blocked Shots:4 (A Kirilenko 2,
C Boozer, P Millsap). Turnovers:16 (D
Williams 4, A Kirilenko 2, P Millsap 2, R
Price 2, M Okur 2, M Harpring, C Boozer, R
Brewer, J Collins). Steals: 15 (R Brewer 5, D
Williams 2, P Millsap 2, M Harpring, R Price,
C Miles, J Collins, G Giricek, A Kirilenko).

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NEW JERSEY 17 24 17 17 - 75
UTAH 30 21 32 19 - 102
-------------------------------------------

Technical fouls: New Jersey - 1 (R Jefferson,
2:16 2nd).
Flagrant fouls: None. A: 19,911. T: 2:14.
Officials: Courtney Kirkland, Joe Derosa,
John Gobel.</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NEW JERSEY (75) AT UTAH (102)

NEW JERSEY

REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===

J KIDD G 27:49 1-9 0-0 0 2 2 8 2 2 6 2
A WRIGHT G 32:31 2-9 2-5 1 4 5 1 1 2 1 6
S WILLIAMS F 29:16 3-6 4-6 2 2 4 1 3 1 5 10
R JEFFERSON F 33:03 7-13 6-8 1 2 3 2 2 0 2 22
J MAGLOIRE C 13:53 1-4 0-2 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 2
B NACHBAR 32:48 6-12 2-3 0 2 2 0 3 2 1 16
M ALLEN 17:18 1-5 3-3 2 2 4 0 2 1 1 5
J BOONE 12:17 0-1 0-2 2 3 5 0 4 0 0 0
N KRSTIC 10:40 0-6 0-0 0 2 2 0 3 0 0 0
J COLLINS 10:14 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0
E GILL 20:11 4-5 2-2 0 4 4 3 4 2 2 12
V CARTER DNP - ANKLE INJURY

TOTALS 240:00 25-71 19-31 9 25 34 15 28 10 19 75
(.352) (.613) TEAM REBS: 12 TOTAL TO: 19 (20 PTS)

UTAH

REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===

D WILLIAMS G 33:58 8-11 2-3 1 3 4 6 2 2 4 20
R BREWER G 29:40 3-5 7-10 0 0 0 6 2 5 1 14
C BOOZER F 24:28 8-9 1-2 1 5 6 1 3 0 1 17
A KIRILENKO F 30:13 2-3 3-4 1 6 7 3 1 1 2 7
M OKUR C 27:12 6-10 2-3 1 6 7 1 5 0 2 14
P MILLSAP 24:15 3-7 3-4 2 8 10 0 3 2 2 9
J COLLINS 19:14 1-2 4-9 0 0 0 2 3 1 1 6
M HARPRING 14:11 2-6 3-4 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 7
R PRICE 14:02 2-6 3-4 1 3 4 0 1 1 2 8
G GIRICEK 13:23 0-5 0-0 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 0
C MILES 4:42 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
M ALMOND 4:42 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

TOTALS 240:00 35-67 28-43 8 35 43 20 24 15 16 102
(.522) (.651) TEAM REBS: 17 TOTAL TO: 16 (18 PTS)

NEW JERSEY 17 24 17 17 - 75
UTAH 30 21 32 19 - 102

BLOCKED SHOTS: NEW JERSEY - S WILLIAMS 3, M ALLEN. UTAH - A KIRILENKO 2,
C BOOZER, P MILLSAP.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: NEW JERSEY 6-21 (.286), J KIDD 0-4, A WRIGHT 0-
4, R JEFFERSON 2-4, B NACHBAR 2-7, E GILL 2-2. UTAH 4-10 (.400), D WILLIAMS 2-
3, R BREWER 1-2, M OKUR 0-1, R PRICE 1-2, G GIRICEK 0-2.
TECHNICAL FOULS: NEW JERSEY - DEFENSIVE THREE.
FLAGRANT FOULS: NONE.
OFFICIALS: COURTNEY KIRKLAND, JOE DEROSA, JOHN GOBEL.
A - 19,911. T - 2:15.</div>

 

NBA: NEW JERSEY at UTAH

<div class="pre">NEW JERSEY (75)

fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
J Kidd 27:49 1-9 0-0 0-2 8 2 2
A Wright 32:31 2-9 2-5 1-5 1 1 6
S Williams 29:16 3-6 4-6 2-4 1 3 10
R Jefferson 33:03 7-13 6-8 1-3 2 2 22
J Magloire 13:53 1-4 0-2 1-2 0 1 2
B Nachbar 32:48 6-12 2-3 0-2 0 3 16
M Allen 17:18 1-5 3-3 2-4 0 2 5
J Boone 12:17 0-1 0-2 2-5 0 4 0
N Krstic 10:40 0-6 0-0 0-2 0 3 0
J Collins 10:14 0-1 0-0 0-1 0 3 0
E Gill 20:11 4-5 2-2 0-4 3 4 12
V Carter DNP - ANKLE INJURY

______________________________________________________
TOTALS 240:00 25-71 19-31 9-34 15 28 75
______________________________________________________

Percentages: FG-.352, FT-.613. 3-Point Goals:
6-21, .286 (J Kidd 0-4, A Wright 0-4, R
Jefferson 2-4, B Nachbar 2-7, E Gill 2-2).
Team Rebounds: 12. Blocked Shots:4 (S
Williams 3, M Allen). Turnovers:19 (J Kidd 6,
S Williams 5, R Jefferson 2, E Gill 2, J
Magloire, M Allen, A Wright, B Nachbar).
Steals: 10 (J Kidd 2, E Gill 2, A Wright 2, B
Nachbar 2, M Allen, S Williams).


UTAH (102)

fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
D Williams 33:58 8-11 2-3 1-4 6 2 20
R Brewer 29:40 3-5 7-10 0-0 6 2 14
C Boozer 24:28 8-9 1-2 1-6 1 3 17
A Kirilenko 30:13 2-3 3-4 1-7 3 1 7
M Okur 27:12 6-10 2-3 1-7 1 5 14
P Millsap 24:15 3-7 3-4 2-10 0 3 9
J Collins 19:14 1-2 4-9 0-0 2 3 6
M Harpring 14:11 2-6 3-4 1-2 1 2 7
R Price 14:02 2-6 3-4 1-4 0 1 8
G Giricek 13:23 0-5 0-0 0-2 0 2 0
C Miles 4:42 0-1 0-0 0-1 0 0 0
M Almond 4:42 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0

______________________________________________________
TOTALS 240:00 35-67 28-43 8-43 20 24 102
______________________________________________________

Percentages: FG-.522, FT-.651. 3-Point Goals:
4-10, .400 (D Williams 2-3, R Brewer 1-2, M
Okur 0-1, R Price 1-2, G Giricek 0-2). Team
Rebounds: 17. Blocked Shots:4 (A Kirilenko 2,
C Boozer, P Millsap). Turnovers:16 (D
Williams 4, A Kirilenko 2, P Millsap 2, R
Price 2, M Okur 2, M Harpring, C Boozer, R
Brewer, J Collins). Steals: 15 (R Brewer 5, D
Williams 2, P Millsap 2, M Harpring, R Price,
C Miles, J Collins, G Giricek, A Kirilenko).

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NEW JERSEY 17 24 17 17 - 75
UTAH 30 21 32 19 - 102
-------------------------------------------

Technical fouls: New Jersey - 1 (Defensive
Three, 2:17 2nd).
Flagrant fouls: None. A: 19,911. T: 2:15.
Officials: Courtney Kirkland, Joe Derosa,
John Gobel.</div>

 

By Chris Bellamy
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


SALT LAKE CITY (Ticker) - A return home was all the Utah Jazzneeded to get things back on track - that, and a New Jerseysquad without its most explosive scorer.


Deron Williams scored 20 points and dished out six assists andCarlos Boozer added 17 points and six rebounds as the Jazzsnapped their two-game skid with a resounding 102-75 victoryover the Vince Carter-less Nets.


"It was great," Boozer said. "We forgot about those two games wehad on the road. That's one of the good things about this teamis we're able to move forward pretty good."


New Jersey's superstar guard missed his fifth straight game witha sprained right ankle he suffered in a loss to the BostonCeltics on November 10. In his absence, the Nets were no matchfor the Jazz, who were coming off a 1-2 Eastern Conference roadtrip and had surrendered 40 points to Cleveland's LeBron Jamesand 25 to Indiana's Mike Dunleavy in consecutive nights.

"It definitely feels good to get home and get the crowd behindus to get back headed in the right direction. I thought we cameout and from the start we were able to do what we wanted to,"Williams said. "We were able to get out in transition and runand establish that. We were able to get stops when we neededit. And our energy level was a lot better."


Monday night, it was the Jazz who had gone three straight gameswithout reaching the 100-point mark who asserted themselves onthe offensive end.


"I saw a different energy than what I saw the last two games,"Jazz coach Jerry Sloan said. "I think I have a right to expectthat every night."


After Richard Jefferson's 15-point first half kept the gameclose early on, Utah took firm control once the second-halfwhistle blew.


Second-year guard Ronnie Brewer found an open Carlos Boozerunder the basket for an easy layup on the opening possession ofthe third quarter, and scored a layup of his own just 30 secondslater to help ignite a 13-2 run that turned a modest 10-pointedge into a decisive 64-43 advantage.


"We dropped the ball a little bit at the end of the second(quarter), let them get a little bit of momentum. Thirdquarter, I was happy with how we came out and got back focused,"Williams said. "The defense was there again."


Williams, who had a subpar showing during the team's road trip,broke out of his mini-slump, was a key component as Utah's leadballooned to as high as 25.


Midway through the third, Williams scored six points in a matterof 35 seconds. He got it done from the outside, burying hissecond 3-pointer of the night at the 5:49 mark, and then wentinside on the following possession, driving in the lane andcompleting a three-point play to increase Utah's lead to 73-52.

Williams, who shot just 28 percent (7-for-25) during the Jazz'stwo-game losing streak, led an efficient Utah offense that shot52 percent (35-of-67) from the floor. He asserted himselfquickly, scoring seven points and dishing out a pair of assistsin the opening quarter.


Brewer added 14 points, six assists and five steals for theJazz. He is now averaging 2.67 steals per game - second in theNBA behind New Orleans' Chris Paul. The Nets' 75 points werealso a season-low for a Jazz opponent.


"We just wanted to go out there and play solid with a lot ofhelp defense - get in the passing lanes, make them take toughshots," Brewer said. "If we did that, we knew we could hold themto a lower percentage, and it was going to lead to fastbreaks."


The Nets, who have lost all five games since Carter's injury andsix in a row overall, got preciously little offensiveproduction outside of Jefferson, who finished with 22. JasonKidd had eight assists but was just 1-of-9 from the field fortwo points.


"Right now, teams are taking turns handing out ass-whoopings tous," Jefferson said. "We're playing well for a quarter, thenfalling apart for a quarter. We're struggling right now. It'sunfortunate because we have a good team, a quality team."

"Obviously they're missing Vince a great deal. I mean, that's25 points," Boozer said. "He's a big part of this team. Havinga player like that out can definitely damage your offense."