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Streaking Jazz pay a visit to Clippers

Tue 9th, February 2010

(Sports Network) - The red-hot Utah Jazz shoot for their ninth consecutive win on Wednesday in Los Angeles against a Clippers team that has been faltering lately.

The Jazz finished a four-game homestand in perfect fashion on Saturday when Deron Williams recorded 22 points and nine assists to lead a balanced Utah attack in a 116-106 victory over the short-handed Nuggets in a Northwest Division battle at EnergySolutions Arena.

Andrei Kirilenko scored 22 points as well, while Carlos Boozer returned from a three-game absence (calf) to donate 19 points and 13 rebounds for the Jazz, who moved to within two games of the division-leading Nuggets.

Paul Millsap and C.J. Miles each came off the bench to chip in 16 and 12 points, respectively, for the victors.

Ty Lawson ended with a game-high 25 points in a spot-start for Denver, which was coming off a 126-113 win over the Lakers on Friday. Chauncey Billups had 39 points in that game but sprained his ankle, forcing him to join fellow All- Star Carmelo Anthony on the bench Saturday.

"You look out there and see they don't have Billups, and they don't have Carmelo Anthony, so we should've won real easily probably," Jazz coach Jerry Sloan said. "But they beat us here with those two guys out the last time we played them and that shows you how strong their team is. They've got a terrific team. We got a little selfish, started just taking shots rather than executing. We were all over the place. Once we executed, we at least had a chance."

The Clips, meanwhile, lost for the sixth time in seven games on Saturday in the head coaching debut for Kim Hughes, who replaced Mike Dunleavy on the Clippers' bench after the former coach decided to focus on his role as general manager of the team.

George Hill scored 22 points on 8-of-11 shooting in that one, as the San Antonio Spurs notched their 15th straight win over LA with a 98-81 win at Staples Center.

Chris Kaman, who learned he will be heading to the All-Star game on Monday as an injury replacement for Portland guard Brandon Roy, had 21 points to pace the Clippers, who were coming off a 2-6 road trip.

Eric Gordon contributed 20 points as the only other Los Angeles player to score in double-figures.

"It wasn't a whole lot of fun," Hughes said. "We turned the ball over too many times. We're a work in progress. I liked our rebounding, but we missed a lot of open shots."

Utah has dominated the Clips recently, winning 10 of its last 12 encounters in the series, including a 111-98 win in Salt Lake City earlier this season.