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Jazz end Trail Blazers' 13-game winning streak(Agencies)
Updated: 2008-01-01 17:21 NEW YORK - The Utah Jazz ended the Portland Trail Blazers' 13-game winning streak with a 111-101 victory on Monday. Carlos Boozer scored 19 points and had nine rebounds and Deron Williams added 18 points for the Jazz, who used a 12-0 run in the third quarter to take command of the game. Andrei Kirilenko added 14 points, eight rebounds and seven assists for the Jazz. LaMarcus Aldridge finished with 36 points for Portland, and Brandon Roy had 17. The Trail Blazers, who had not lost since December 2, shot 48.4 per cent from the floor but the Jazz made 51.2 of their shots, connecting on 43 field goals to the Blazers' 31. * The Detroit Pistons won their ninth straight game with a 114-69 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks. Richard Hamilton scored 22 points and Chauncey Billups contributed 13 points and 12 assists in the biggest margin of victory for the Pistons in four years. Michael Redd led Milwaukee with 18 points. * Chris Bosh scored 29 points as the Toronto Raptors recorded a 97-92 victory that ended the New Orleans Hornets' five-game winning streak. David West had 33 points and 11 rebounds for the Hornets while Chris Paul added 23 points, 16 assists and seven rebounds. * Hedo Turkoglu's jump shot with less than a second left in overtime sparked the Orlando Magic to a 112-110 win over the Chicago Bulls. The win was the fourth straight for the Magic, who got 22 points from Jameer Nelson and 17 points from Turkoglu. Dwight Howard added 17 points, 22 rebounds and five blocked shots. Ben Gordon scored a season-best 39 points for Chicago. * Gerald Wallace scored 36 points to rally the Charlotte Bobcats to a 107-103 overtime win over the Indiana Pacers. Wallace scored 20 points in the fourth quarter and overtime to help the Bobcats end a four-game losing streak. Jermaine O'Neal led Indiana with 20 points and 13 rebounds. * Baron Davis had 23 points, Monta Ellis scored 20 and Al Harrington provided 16 points and 11 rebounds in the Golden State Warriors' 112-95 road win over the Houston Rockets. Rafer Alston led Houston with 22 points. Yao Ming finished with 16 points and nine rebounds. |
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