Tue 20 Nov 2007
Nets lose 6th straight, slammed by Jazz 102-75
Posted by Stephen Rhodes under Main
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?By tonight’s effort, one could conclude that the New Jersey Nets sorely miss swingman Vince Carter’s contributions.? But to be fair, their opponent shot very well from almost the opening buzzer and also collected 15 steals.? The Utah Jazz shot 53% from the field as they pasted the Nets, 102-75 at Salt Lake City.
Utah took an early lead and led by?fifteen on forward Carlos Boozer’s dunk halfway through the 2nd quarter.? However, Nets forward Richard Jefferson scored 9 straight pointsto being New Jersey to within 7 roughly 4 minutes later.? Utah led 51-41 at halftime.? The 3rd quarter is when Utah did their heaviest damage.? F Paul Millsap scored on Utah’s first possession to give the team their largest lead of the game, 85-58.
Eddie Gill, recently signed by the Nets,?scored 10 consecutive points to narrow Utah’s lead to 86-67, but Jazz PG Deron Williams sparked a 7-0 Utah run to seal the victory.? Utah’s leading scorer was Williams with 20 points, with Boozer adding 17; G Ronnie Brewer and Millsap scored 14 each.? Millsap also collected 10 rebounds.? New Jersey was led by Jefferson with 22 points, with F Bostjan Nachbar adding 16 from off the bench.? PG Jason Kidd suffered through an awful night, scoring only 2 points.? Utah (8-4) does not play again until Friday night, when they go to the Big Easy to challenge the New Orleans Hornets.? New Jersey (4-7), losers of 6 straight, hope to reverse their streak when they fly to Portland to face the Trail Blazers on Wednesday night.
November 20th, 2007 at 10:58 am
Friday’s game is in SLC. “Big Sleepy” is more like it.