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Duncan leads Spurs to fourth straight win
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-11-22 14:46
Golden State coach Mike Montgomery has been stressing the importance of his
team playing well for longer spurts and having fewer lulls, a problem in several
of the Warriors' losses so far. They were steady for most of the game Monday.
The Warriors shot 48.6 percent in the first half on the way to a 47-44 lead
at the break.
Rookie Williams helps Jazz snap skid
SALT LAKE CITY - Deron Williams had 10 points and 10 assists for his
second career double-double and helped the Utah Jazz snap a five-game losing
streak with a 100-80 win over the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday night.
Milwaukee Bucks
center Andrew Bogut chases down a loose ball ahead of the Utah Jazz during
the first half of NBA action in Salt Lake City November 21, 2005.
[Reuters] | Williams, the third pick in the NBA
draft, and the Jazz spoiled former University of Utah center Andrew Bogut's
return to the state, holding the top overall pick to eight points and seven
rebounds.
Greg Ostertag and Kris Humphries each had 10 rebounds for the Jazz, who
outrebounded the Bucks 53-35.
Utah scored 100 points for the first time this season and won its first game
since beating Toronto 99-84 on Nov. 11.
Michael Redd scored 25 points and T.J. Ford had 10 points and five assists
for Milwaukee.
The Bucks finished a four-game road trip 1-3 and had little energy in the
final period.
The Jazz were scoreless for a 3-minute stretch late in the fourth quarter,
but the Bucks managed just four points and failed to cut into Utah's 23-point
lead.
Mehmet Okur scored 16 points, Matt Harpring and Devin Brown each added 12.
Brown's total was the highest since joining the Jazz as a free agent this
summer.
The Jazz, who were without Andrei Kirilenko (ankle), Keith McLeod (back) and
Carlos Boozer (hamstring), relied on a young lineup that finally came together.
Williams, whose first double-double came Saturday in a loss to Memphis, was
making his fourth start.
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