Mike James had 18 points and nine assists and the Boston Celtics won in Utah for the first time in nearly four years, beating the Jazz 102-80 Monday night.

Eric Williams added 19 points and Paul Pierce had 14 for the Celtics, who were 1-13 in their last 14 visits to Utah and hadn't won in Salt Lake since Feb. 15, 2000.

The Celtics forced 19 turnovers and led by 33 in the fourth quarter while winning their second straight. Boston snapped a four-game losing streak the night before in Denver.

Matt Harpring led Utah with 17 points and seven rebounds and Andrei Kirilenko had 11 points and six boards. The Jazz pulled their starters early in the fourth quarter.

Utah lost for just the second time at home this season.

Both teams played on the road the night before, but only the Jazz seemed to show any fatigue despite benching their starters for the fourth quarter Sunday in a 94-92 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers.

Utah's starters got plenty of rest at the end again Monday as the Celtics took a 17-point lead into halftime and didn't let up at all in the second half.

Utah slightly cut into Boston's 51-34 halftime lead with the first four points of the third quarter, but the Celtics responded with a 6-0 run. Later in the quarter, James hit a long jumper as the shot clock was about to expire, Pierce took a steal all the way in for a dunk and Williams beat the shot clock again with a 3-pointer during a 7-2 run that put the Celtics up 68-46 midway through the third quarter.

Boston also gave its starters a rest and the end and still coasted to the victory.

DeShawn Stevenson scored 10 for Utah and Raja Bell scored 16, getting 11 in the second half after the game was in hand for Boston.

Notes:@ Celtics forward Vin Baker missed the game because of the flu. ... James was just one assist shy of his career best of 10 set earlier this season. ... Utah guard Raul Lopez twisted his ankle near the end of the second quarter and winced in pain as he limped off the court. He returned early in the third quarter.

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