NBA: NEW ORLEANS at UTAH <div class="pre">NEW ORLEANS (71) AT UTAH (99) NEW ORLEANS REBOUNDS PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS ====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == === P STOJAKOVIC F 33:55 1-6 0-0 1 1 2 1 3 0 1 3 D WEST F 33:53 7-15 4-6 4 10 14 1 1 0 1 18 T CHANDLER C 31:00 5-13 2-3 3 4 7 1 4 1 5 12 M PETERSON G 24:25 0-6 1-2 0 4 4 0 2 2 2 1 C PAUL G 35:11 5-12 5-5 4 2 6 6 2 2 4 15 B JACKSON 18:55 1-7 2-2 0 2 2 3 1 0 1 4 M ELY 6:54 2-3 2-2 1 0 1 1 5 0 1 6 H ARMSTRONG 9:19 0-2 2-5 1 3 4 0 0 0 1 2 R BOWEN 13:44 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 R BUTLER 10:22 1-2 1-2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 3 J PARGO 17:29 2-8 0-0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 J WRIGHT 4:53 1-2 1-2 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 3 TOTALS 240:00 25-76 20-29 15 30 45 14 23 6 18 71 (.329) (.690) TEAM REBS: 7 TOTAL TO: 18 (21 PTS) UTAH REBOUNDS PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS ====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == === A KIRILENKO F 30:57 4-11 0-0 2 4 6 4 1 2 2 8 C BOOZER F 35:29 7-16 5-6 3 13 16 4 4 0 1 19 M OKUR C 28:58 5-12 0-0 0 5 5 3 2 1 1 12 R BREWER G 24:39 3-7 7-7 1 1 2 4 3 3 2 13 D WILLIAMS G 28:38 6-9 0-1 0 3 3 7 4 0 4 12 J COLLINS 9:59 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 1 2 0 0 0 J HART 19:22 4-7 0-0 1 2 3 2 2 1 3 11 M HARPRING 14:06 2-5 3-4 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 7 P MILLSAP 21:35 0-2 2-2 0 5 5 1 3 0 0 2 G GIRICEK 7:55 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 R PRICE 15:26 5-6 0-0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 12 C MILES 2:56 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 TOTALS 240:00 37-78 17-20 9 35 44 28 24 9 17 99 (.474) (.850) TEAM REBS: 8 TOTAL TO: 17 (16 PTS) NEW ORLEANS 24 19 21 7 - 71 UTAH 20 24 31 24 - 99 BLOCKED SHOTS: NEW ORLEANS - R BOWEN, T CHANDLER, D WEST, H ARMSTRONG. UTAH - A KIRILENKO 3, M OKUR, C BOOZER. 3-PT. FIELD GOALS: NEW ORLEANS 1-17 (.059), P STOJAKOVIC 1-4, M PETERSON 0- 4, C PAUL 0-2, B JACKSON 0-4, J PARGO 0-3. UTAH 8-14 (.571), M OKUR 2- 5, R BREWER 0-1, J HART 3-4, R PRICE 2-3, C MILES 1-1. TECHNICAL FOULS: NONE. FLAGRANT FOULS: NONE. OFFICIALS: JASON PHILLIPS, LEROY RICHARDSON, TOM WASHINGTON. A - 19,911. T - 2:11.</div>
NBA: NEW ORLEANS at UTAH <div class="pre">NEW ORLEANS (71) fg ft rb min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp P Stojakovic 33:55 1-6 0-0 1-2 1 3 3 D West 33:53 7-15 4-6 4-14 1 1 18 T Chandler 31:00 5-13 2-3 3-7 1 4 12 M Peterson 24:25 0-6 1-2 0-4 0 2 1 C Paul 35:11 5-12 5-5 4-6 6 2 15 B Jackson 18:55 1-7 2-2 0-2 3 1 4 M Ely 6:54 2-3 2-2 1-1 1 5 6 H Armstrong 9:19 0-2 2-5 1-4 0 0 2 R Bowen 13:44 0-0 0-0 1-1 0 2 0 R Butler 10:22 1-2 1-2 0-2 0 2 3 J Pargo 17:29 2-8 0-0 0-0 1 1 4 J Wright 4:53 1-2 1-2 0-2 0 0 3 ______________________________________________________ TOTALS 240:00 25-76 20-29 15-45 14 23 71 ______________________________________________________ Percentages: FG-.329, FT-.690. 3-Point Goals: 1-17, .059 (P Stojakovic 1-4, M Peterson 0-4, C Paul 0-2, B Jackson 0-4, J Pargo 0-3). Team Rebounds: 7. Blocked Shots:4 (R Bowen, T Chandler, D West, H Armstrong). Turnovers:18 (T Chandler 5, C Paul 4, M Peterson 2, B Jackson, D West, J Wright, H Armstrong, M Ely, P Stojakovic, R Bowen). Steals: 6 (M Peterson 2, C Paul 2, R Bowen, T Chandler). UTAH (99) fg ft rb min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp A Kirilenko 30:57 4-11 0-0 2-6 4 1 8 C Boozer 35:29 7-16 5-6 3-16 4 4 19 M Okur 28:58 5-12 0-0 0-5 3 2 12 R Brewer 24:39 3-7 7-7 1-2 4 3 13 D Williams 28:38 6-9 0-1 0-3 7 4 12 J Collins 9:59 0-0 0-0 1-3 1 2 0 J Hart 19:22 4-7 0-0 1-3 2 2 11 M Harpring 14:06 2-5 3-4 1-1 0 0 7 P Millsap 21:35 0-2 2-2 0-5 1 3 2 G Giricek 7:55 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 R Price 15:26 5-6 0-0 0-0 1 2 12 C Miles 2:56 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 3 ______________________________________________________ TOTALS 240:00 37-78 17-20 9-44 28 24 99 ______________________________________________________ Percentages: FG-.474, FT-.850. 3-Point Goals: 8-14, .571 (M Okur 2-5, R Brewer 0-1, J Hart 3-4, R Price 2-3, C Miles 1-1). Team Rebounds: 8. Blocked Shots:5 (A Kirilenko 3, M Okur, C Boozer). Turnovers:17 (D Williams 4, J Hart 3, M Harpring 2, A Kirilenko 2, R Brewer 2, G Giricek 2, M Okur, C Boozer). Steals: 9 (R Brewer 3, A Kirilenko 2, R Price 2, J Hart, M Okur). ------------------------------------------- NEW ORLEANS 24 19 21 7 - 71 UTAH 20 24 31 24 - 99 ------------------------------------------- Technical fouls: None. Flagrant fouls: None. A: 19,911. T: 2:11. Officials: Jason Phillips, Leroy Richardson, Tom Washington.</div>
By Chris Bellamy PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer SALT LAKE CITY (Ticker) -- Three days of rest over theThanksgiving holiday looked to be taking its toll on the<div class="pre">Utah Jazz for one half anyway.</div> The second half was a different story, as the Jazz overcametheir struggles and ran away with a 99-71 victory over thevisiting New Orleans Hornets on Friday night. Carlos Boozer registered yet another double-double with 19points and 16 boards and Ronnie Brewer added 13 points and threesteals for Jazz, who won their sixth straight home game. With all eyes on the ongoing battle between third-year point<div class="pre">guards Deron Williams and Chris Paul who were selected</div><div class="pre">back-to-back in the 2005 draft it was their supporting casts</div>doing much of the work. In the waning minutes of a sluggish first half in which the twoclubs combined for 20 turnovers, the Jazz turned a seven-pointdeficit into a one-point lead with Williams sitting on thebench, having picked up his third foul. "We got a couple days off and we got out of our rhythm a littlebit," Jazz forward Andrei Kirilenko said. "We started gettingin our offense (late in the second), started sharing the balland helping defensively." <div class="pre">Reserve point guard Ronnie Price a local product from Utah</div><div class="pre">Valley State College hit a long jumper to cut the Hornets' lead</div>to three. Just moments later, Price went the length of the floor to finishoff a fast break with a dunk to slice into the deficit evenfurther. Kirilenko - who was quiet for most of the game's first 24minutes - put the finishing touch on a 10-2 run with a steal anda dunk to give Utah its first lead since early in the firstquarter. "We had a short little run, then got the momentum at the half,"Boozer said. "We just used that momentum in the third quarterand kept playing hard defense." When the second-half whistle blew, it was more of the same forUtah, which scored the first eight points of the third quarter. Brewer, who was attacking the Hornets in the paint all night,kept with that right from the start of the second half -driving, drawing a foul and knocking down a pair of free throwsto get things started. "They were smaller and he posted up a couple of times, and plushe got in the open floor and made a couple of plays," Jazz headcoach Jerry Sloan said of his second-year guard. "He just seemsto be getting better and better as time goes on." <div class="pre">And even when he misfired as he did two minutes later on an</div><div class="pre">attempted layup his teammates were there to clean up the mess.</div>Kirilenko tipped in Brewer's miss as the Jazz took a commanding52-43 lead. Paul's short jumper on the other end was the Hornets' firstfield goal since the 2:55 mark of the second quarter. That bucket sparked a mini-run of eight straight points by theHornets to pull back into contention, but Mehmet Okur buried aquick 3-pointer to make it a four-point game. Brewer followed with back-to-back layups as the Jazz tookcommand for good. Kirilenko swatted away David West's attempted layup just secondslater, igniting another fast break the other way. Fittingly,the 6-9 Russian forward finished it off himself, burying a shortjumper to put the lead back to eight. Okur - who played a sloppy first half, missing his first fiveshots and consistently getting beaten inside by New Orleans'<div class="pre">Tyson Chandler finally caught fire after the break, scoring</div>eight in the third period. For the Hornets, West did his best Boozer impersonation with 18points and 14 rebounds, and he and Chandler constantly cleanedup the mess that was the Hornets' outside shooting with tip-insand deflections in the paint. New Orleans was an astonishing 1-of-17 from 3-point range. "If you're not making shots from the outside, then they aren'tgoing to give you anything on the interior and we didn't get itgoing," West said. "Once you don't get it going in terms ofshots, especially three-pointers, they are just too relentlesson the interior." The always publicized Williams-Paul battle didn't quitematerialize, as both young stars finished with modestperformances. Williams had 12 points and seven assists forUtah, and Paul had 15 and six for New Orleans. Price, whose minutes have been dramatically increasing in recentgames, scored 12 off the bench and Kirilenko had eight points,six boards and three blocks for Utah. "Our bench came in and played terrific ball tonight," Boozersaid. "They played great basketball for us, getting us a biggerlead and then we came back in the fourth and finished it off."
