Recap: LA Clippers vs. Utah
Sports Network | November 03, 2008
Los Angeles, CA (Sports Network) - Paul Millsap scored 15 of his 24 points in the fourth quarter and the Utah Jazz cruised to a 89-73 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers in the back end of a home-and-home series from the Staples Center.
Millsap was 8-of-12 from the field with nine rebounds while Andrei Kirilenko notched a double-double with 15 points and 11 boards for the Jazz, who have claimed victory in each of their first three games this season despite being without star guard Deron Williams, who is out with an ankle injury.
Carlos Boozer scored 25 points and hauled in 10 rebounds, as the Jazz previously used a big second half to pummel the Clippers, 101-79, on Saturday in Salt Lake City.
The wins gave head coach Jerry Sloan his 997th and 998th wins at the helm of the Jazz. Sloan has 1,092 career NBA wins over the course of his 29-year coaching odyssey, the first three of which were spent in Chicago. Utah's next two games are at home against Portland on Wednesday and Friday vs. Oklahoma City.
Chris Kaman had a team-high 19 points and 10 rebounds for the Clippers, who have dropped their first four games to start the season.
Baron Davis returned from a sore hip and shot 5-of-15 from the field for 14 points and doled out nine helpers while Marcus Camby made his Clippers debut, collecting five points and nine rebounds in almost 27 minutes. He had been bothered by a heel injury.
Utah held a narrow lead, 36-35, at the half and the Clips stuck around in the third quarter with a three-ball from Davis tying the game, 57-57, with two minutes left in the third.
The Jazz went on a 10-3 run that bridged the third and fourth quarters and Millsap put on a one-man show down the stretch, with 15 straight points to lift the Jazz to victory.
