Basketball Daily

Without Carlos Boozer the Utah Jazz have been struggling but when they met up against the Champion Boston Celtics there offense and defense were firing on all cylinders.  Many people don’t like watching the grind it out games like this one, but I sure do.  It shows the talent level of all players when they have hording defense all over them.  Kevin Garnett left for the locker room late in the second quarter with a knee tweak and failed to return in the second half, due to the coach Doc Rivers playing it on the safe side.  This probably cost them the game as down the stretch the Jazz pulled ahead slightly and got the win with a final score that ended 90-85.

The top 3 scorers for the Jazz were Mehmet Okur with 19 points, Deron Williams with 18 points and Ronnie Brewer with 16 points.  The only other player in double figures was Andrei Kirilenko with 13 points off the bench.  The Jazz are the 8th seed currently with only 3 games separating 5 teams.  Boozer is expected to return next week and if he is 100% watch the Jazz shoot up the list in the West.

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