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Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant (right) fights for a rebound with New Jersey Nets' Josh Boone during their game in Los Angeles on Sunday. The Nets won 102-100.(Photo: Shanghaidaily.com) Photo Gallery>>> |
BEIJING, Nov. 27 -- Carlos Boozer had 36 points and 11 rebounds and a healthy Deron Williams added 21 points and 14 assists to help the Utah Jazz end the Detroit Pistons' perfect home run with a 103-93 victory at the Palace on Auburn Hills, Michigan, on Sunday.
The Pistons had won four straight at home before being held to 39.5 percent shooting by the Jazz.
With Rasheed Wallace injured, the Pistons had no one to contain Boozer, who was a stunning 17 of 20 from the floor.
Williams, fit to play for the first time in weeks after having an ingrown toenail removed, connected on six of 13 field-goal attempts and eight of 10 free throws to go with his double-figure assists.
"He just seemed like a different player out there than the last like five or six games," Boozer said of Williams.
"When he's like that, when we play like we played, we're pretty tough to beat."
Boozer showed why, scoring 14 points in the second quarter - two less than the Pistons did as a team - when the Jazz took a 57-50 lead, closing with a 20-7 run to beat Detroit for the fourth straight time.
Williams had seven of his 10 first-half assists in the deciding second period.
"We wanted to just push the tempo," Williams told reporters. "This is a team that we feel like we can run against. They like to slow it down, like to beat you up.
"We tried to push it against them a little bit, get some easy shots, easy layups, get our confidence going."
Former Piston Mehmet Okur added 12 points for Utah, while Andrei Kirilenko had 11 points and 10 rebounds.
The Pistons rallied to within four at 91-87 on Tayshaun Prince's three-pointer with four minutes to play but could come no closer.
Antonio McDyess led the Pistons with 19 points and 12 rebounds. Richard Hamilton added 17 and Chauncey Billups had 15. But Detroit was only 34 of 86 from the field and had head coach Flip Saunders ejected after picking up a pair of technical for arguing with official Marc Davis in the third quarter.
In other National Basketball Association games, it was: Cavaliers 111, Pacers 106; Raptors 93, Bulls 78; Spurs 116, SuperSonics 101; and Nets 102, Lakers 100.
In Indianapolis, LeBron James had his fourth triple-double of the season, and Cleveland won its third straight.
The NBA's leading scorer finished with 30 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists. It was the 14th time he had double figures in three statistical categories in his NBA career.
Drew Gooden had 23 points and 12 rebounds, and Sasha Pavlovic added 22 points and five assists for the Cavaliers.
In Toronto, Chris Bosh had 16 points and 13 rebounds, rookie Jamario Moon matched his career-high with 15 points and Toronto handed Chicago its fourth straight loss.
Moon added nine rebounds, six blocks and three steals in Sam Mitchell's 114th victory as Raptors coach, moving him past Lenny Wilkens for the most in team history.
In Seattle, Tim Duncan scored 26 points and San Antonio scored the first 12 points of the third quarter to break away for a win over Seattle.
Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker each scored 22 for the Spurs, who at 12-2 are off to their best start after 14 games in team history - one game better than last season.
In Los Angeles, Jason Kidd had 15 points and 14 assists to help New Jersey overcome Kobe Bryant's 31 points and beat the Lakers.
(Source: Shanghai Daily/Agencies)