Paul Millsap, Al Jefferson help Jazz top Thunder

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    After a perfect preseason, Utah's slow start in the games that count was magnified.

    That's what happens with a franchise that hasn't lost three straight games to start the season in three decades -- a streak that's still alive after the Jazz got double-doubles from Paul Millsap, Deron Williams and Al Jefferson and beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 120-99 on Sunday night.

    Millsap had 30 points and 16 rebounds, Jefferson added 23 points and 10 rebounds and Williams directed the show before finishing with 16 points and 15 assists as Utah broke into the win column after an 0-2 start.

    "People said a lot about our team, but tonight we proved otherwise," Millsap said. "We proved that we could play defense, we proved that we could move the ball like we're supposed to, we proved that we can make shots."

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