Jazz-Nuggets Preview

By ARNIE STAPLETON
Posted Apr 16 2010 6:58PM

DENVER (AP) AK-47 is out, K-Mart is in.

Forward Andrei Kirilenko will miss Utah's first-round playoff series against Denver after aggravating his strained left calf during a workout Thursday, making it harder for the Jazz to guard Nuggets All-Star Carmelo Anthony.

Kirilenko, who has missed 15 of his team's last 17 games, was injured during a light workout in Salt Lake City. An MRI revealed a muscle strain in a different area from his previous two strains, so team doctors recommended two weeks of rest while they look into other treatment options.

``I can't react. What am I going to do? Go jump and hit my head against the wall? I'm not going to do that,'' Jazz coach Jerry Sloan said. ``He got hurt. I felt bad for him, and he wasn't very happy about it. He was devastated. That's part of this business. You just try to encourage him to try to keep his spirits up.''

The Nuggets will surely search for ways to exploit his absence, but having Anthony fire up more shots isn't the response acting coach Adrian Dantley wants.

``I think 'Melo shoots enough shots already,'' said Dantley, who went 11-8 in place of George Karl, who is recovering from treatment for throat cancer.

Told of Kirilenko's absence in the first round, Nuggets forward Kenyon Martin just smiled.

Martin will man the middle for Denver, but how effective he'll be remains a mystery after he missed 18 games with a balky left knee before returning to play limited minutes in the Nuggets' final three regular season games.

With Kirilenko out, Sloan said he plans to have Carlos Boozer back in the lineup for Game 1 Saturday night at the Pepsi Center.

A strained muscle in his right side kept him out of the season finale Wednesday night, when the Jazz lost to the Phoenix Suns at home, relegating them to the road for the first two games of the playoffs as the fifth seed in the West.

Had they won that game, they would have had the third seed and the home-court advantage. Instead, they had to cross the Rocky Mountains to open in Denver, which won its second straight Northwest Division title.

``It would have been great to be home,'' Jazz point guard Deron Williams said. ``We can keep dwelling on it, keep talking about it. But we're not home. So, there's no reason to talk about it. We're on the road.''

And there's also no use fretting over Utah's injury-riddled lineup, including Mehmet Okur's left Achilles' tendinitis.

``We want to have our team at full strength, but what can you do about injuries?'' Williams said. ``You can't make a guy play if they're hurt. They need to sit out and take care of themselves.''

That's what Martin did in Denver.

The Nuggets were cruising along in second place in the West with designs on catching the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers back in February when Karl was diagnosed with throat cancer and Martin, in the midst of his best season in years, was slowed by patellar tendinitis in his left knee.

Instead of season-ending surgery, he opted for ``blood spinning'' - platelet-rich plasma injection therapy - in hopes of being back in time for the playoffs.

Although he got some games under his belt before the playoffs, nobody knows what Martin will be like now.

``I'm all right, I'm going to play, so that's all that matters,'' Martin said Friday.

Martin hasn't been running up and down the court in practice, in part to preserve his health but also because he gets winded easily.

``Terrible. But it ain't as bad as I thought it would be,'' Martin said of his conditioning. ``Got a couple of games in, especially at home. I think that was the most important thing, for me to get the altitude in my lungs a little bit. It don't matter out here, man. You could be gone for a day and come back and it's still going to bother you a little bit. Just got to push through it.''

Dantley said he has no idea what he'll get out of Martin after the forward told him at halftime of a season-ending loss at Phoenix that ``his knee was bothering him and he wasn't going to play the second half.'' Martin said later he was just playing it safe.

``Well, the only person that knows how Kenyon is doing is Kenyon,'' Anthony said. ``I can sit here all day and tell you what I think about him. A.D. can tell you what he thinks about him. You know, we don't know how Kenyon feels on the inside. If he says he's ready to go, he's ready to go.''

Even as a shell of himself, Martin could impact the Nuggets' fortunes, Chauncey Billups suggested.

``Everybody knows the presence that he has. When he's not out there, we miss it, just his defensive capabilities and rebounding, just him knowing the game of basketball. So, I'm glad that he's back.''

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AP Sports Writers Doug Alden in Salt Lake City and Pat Graham in Denver contributed to this report.

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Anthony's 42 give Nuggets 1-0 series lead

By Michael Kelly, for NBA.com
Posted Sunday April 18, 2010 2:56AM

DENVER (NBA.com exclusive) -- The shots kept falling for Carmelo Anthony, and the Jazz just kept falling.

Anthony scored a playoff career-high 42 points in the Nuggets' 126-113 win over Utah in Game 1 of their Western Conference quarterfinal series Saturday night, a series that looks gloomy for Utah.

The Jazz are only down 1-0 in the series but they face a deeper hole with the loss of center Mehmet Okur. Okur suffered a left Achilles injury when he went down on a drive with 8:04 left in the second period and had to be helped from the floor.

"I was driving to the basket and I slipped," Okur said. "Then I felt pain because all my weight was on my left side because I was driving right. Then I felt something pop."

He is scheduled to have an MRI done on the heel Sunday at 10 a.m. but his teammates seemed resigned to trying to beat the Nuggets without him.

"We need him out there but what can you do about injuries? You've just got to keep playing," guard Deron Williams said. "It's been the story of our team the last couple of season. Injuries happen to every team, they just seem to happen to us at the wrong time."

If Okur is out, he will join Andrei Kirilenko (strained calf) on the sidelines, depriving Utah of two of its best frontline players. It will be a tough task, especially if Anthony keeps playing like he did Saturday.

"I told myself in order for us succeed in the playoffs, it's going to come down to me," Anthony said. "Me being a leader of this team, I've got to set the tone out there."

The third leading scorer in the NBA this year carved up the Jazz, hitting 18 of 25 shots against a team that prides itself on defense. But no matter what Utah did, stopping Anthony was nearly impossible.

"There was no stopping him," said Williams, who led the Jazz with 26 points and 11 assists. "You could say double him but he really wasn't taking any dribbles, he was just shooting over us. We tried to zone him a little bit but tonight it just didn't work. It was one of those nights when a great player steps up and plays great."

Anthony had help. Five other Denver players scored in double figures, led by J.R. Smith. Smith was quiet for the first three quarters before catching fire in the fourth when he scored 18 of his 20 points.

Smith hit three 3-pointers in the first 2:49 of the fourth to turn a tie game into a 99-92 lead for Denver. When he did finally miss from long range, he grabbed the rebound and hit a layup over two Utah players to increase Denver's lead to eight.

The Jazz closed within four soon after, but the Nuggets kept hitting shots. Smith's fourth 3-pointer made it 111-100, and later he stole a Williams pass and fed Anthony for a game-clinching layup with 3:13 left.

"He really had a great finish," Utah coach Jerry Sloan said of Smith. "He has a great ability to shoot the ball. We were trying to hang on but those guys really made it tough for us."

About the only good news for Utah was the play of Carlos Boozer, who had 19 points and played 41 minutes. Boozer was questionable with an oblique strain but he was effective most of the night.

"I felt good," Boozer said. "For the most part I didn't think about it."

Boozer's play, and C.J. Miles' 17 points in the first half, kept the Jazz in the game. They survived Denver's 9-2 run to start the second half, scoring eight straight to tie it at 66. The Jazz got the lead back on two Williams free throws with 4:45 left in the third.

Utah was able to stay in the game despite losing another player for most of the second half. Miles left the game after colliding with guard Chauncey Billups early in the third quarter.

"I just couldn't breathe. I was trying to catch my breath," Miles said. "I got to the bench and couldn't slow it down, I got real nauseous, I couldn't breathe so I came (to the locker room) to catch my breath."

He played just 6:34 in the second half and was rendered ineffective with foul trouble.

The Jazz held the lead until Anthony hit a 3-pointer with 30 seconds left in the third to give the Nuggets an 88-86 lead heading into the fourth.

The win was acting head coach Adrian Dantley's first playoff victory, and there could be more if the Jazz keep losing players to injury.

"They're undermanned a little bit but that's the NBA," Dantley said. "I know Jerry Sloan. He's not going to let them just quit. We have to go out and win Game 2."

• Jazz: Kirilenko
• Nuggets: Balkman, Butch, Karl

• Jazz: --
• Nuggets: Anthony

• Lead Changes: 15
• Times Tied: 20

• Arena: Pepsi Center, Denver, CO
• Officials: #17 Joe Crawford, #57 Greg Willard, #58 Zach Zarba
• Attendance: 19155
• Duration: 2:30

Utah Jazz (53-30)		Denver Nuggets (54-29)
Start of 1st Quarter
(12:00) Jump Ball Nene vs Okur (Miles gains possession)
Matthews Floating Jump shot: Missed	11:37
	11:36	Afflalo Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)
Williams Foul : Personal (1 PF)	11:34
	11:23	Afflalo Jump Shot: Missed
Okur Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)	11:22
Williams Layup Shot: Made (2 PTS)	11:16 [UTA 2-0]
Matthews Foul : Personal (1 PF)	10:59
	10:54 [DEN 2-2]	Nene Dunk Shot: Made (2 PTS) Assist: Martin (1 AST)
Boozer Turnaround Jump Shot: Made (2 PTS)	10:34 [UTA 4-2]
	10:18 [DEN 4-4]	Billups Jump Shot: Made (2 PTS) Assist: Martin (2 AST)
Miles Driving Dunk Shot: Made (2 PTS)	10:00 [UTA 6-4]
	10:00	Martin Foul : Shooting (1 PF)
Miles Free Throw 1 of 1 (3 PTS)	10:00 [UTA 7-4]
	09:51	Billups Layup Shot: Missed
	09:48	Martin Rebound (Off:1 Def:0)
	09:46 [DEN 6-7]	Martin Putback Dunk Shot: Made (2 PTS)
Boozer Jump Shot: Made (4 PTS) Assist: Miles (1 AST)	09:24 [UTA 9-6]
	09:08 [DEN 8-9]	Afflalo Layup Shot: Made (2 PTS) Assist: Nene (1 AST)
Miles 3pt Shot: Missed	08:50
	08:48	Martin Rebound (Off:1 Def:1)
	08:41 [DEN 11-9]	Anthony 3pt Shot: Made (3 PTS) Assist: Afflalo (1 AST)
	08:22	Nene Foul : Shooting (1 PF)
Miles Free Throw 1 of 2 (4 PTS)	08:22 [UTA 10-11]
Miles Free Throw 2 of 2 (5 PTS)	08:22 [UTA 11-11]
	08:08	Martin Jump Bank Shot: Missed
Williams Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)	08:07
Williams 3pt Shot: Missed	07:59
	07:58	Martin Rebound (Off:1 Def:2)
Miles Foul : Personal (1 PF)	07:50
	07:44 [DEN 13-11]	Anthony Jump Shot: Made (5 PTS) Assist: Billups (1 AST)
	07:26	Anthony Foul : Shooting (1 PF)
Miles Free Throw 1 of 2 (6 PTS)	07:26 [UTA 12-13]
Miles Free Throw 2 of 2 (7 PTS)	07:26 [UTA 13-13]
	07:20	Billups Turnover : Bad Pass (1 TO) Steal:Matthews (1 ST)
Miles 3pt Shot: Made (10 PTS) Assist: Boozer (1 AST)	07:10 [UTA 16-13]
	06:56	Billups Driving Layup Shot: Missed
Boozer Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)	06:55
Okur 3pt Shot: Made (3 PTS) Assist: Miles (2 AST)	06:45 [UTA 19-13]
	06:28 [DEN 15-19]	Nene Layup Shot: Made (4 PTS)
Williams Jump Shot: Missed	06:16
	06:16	Martin Rebound (Off:1 Def:3)
	06:09 [DEN 17-19]	Anthony Jump Shot: Made (7 PTS)
Miles Turnover : Bad Pass (1 TO) Steal:Billups (1 ST)	05:52
	05:49 [DEN 19-19]	Billups Layup Shot: Made (4 PTS)
Miles Jump Shot: Missed	05:31
	05:30	Nene Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)
	05:25 [DEN 21-19]	Billups Layup Shot: Made (6 PTS)
Williams 3pt Shot: Missed	05:08
	05:07	Martin Rebound (Off:1 Def:4)
	05:00	Anthony 3pt Shot: Missed
Williams Rebound (Off:0 Def:2)	04:59
	04:56	Billups Foul : Shooting (1 PF)
	04:56	Team Timeout : Regular
Okur Substitution replaced by Millsap	04:56
Williams Free Throw 1 of 2 (3 PTS)	04:56 [UTA 20-21]
Williams Free Throw 2 of 2 (4 PTS)	04:56 [UTA 21-21]
	04:42	Nene Hook Shot: Missed Block: Boozer (1 BLK)
	04:41	Team Rebound
	04:30	Afflalo 3pt Shot: Missed
Matthews Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)	04:29
Matthews 3pt Shot: Missed	04:09
	04:08	Billups Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)
	03:54 [DEN 23-21]	Anthony Jump Shot: Made (9 PTS)
Miles 3pt Shot: Made (13 PTS) Assist: Millsap (1 AST)	03:35 [UTA 24-23]
Boozer Foul : Personal (1 PF)	03:20
Matthews Substitution replaced by Korver	03:20
	03:20	Afflalo Substitution replaced by Smith
	03:10	Anthony Turnaround Jump Shot: Missed
	03:10	Martin Rebound (Off:2 Def:4)
	03:07	Martin Turnover : Bad Pass (1 TO) Steal:Miles (1 ST)
Miles 3pt Shot: Missed	03:02
	03:01	Smith Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)
	02:54	Billups 3pt Shot: Missed
Millsap Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)	02:52
Williams Turnover : Lost Ball (1 TO) Steal:Billups (2 ST)	02:43
	02:34 [DEN 25-24]	Anthony Layup Shot: Made (11 PTS) Assist: Nene (2 AST)
Boozer Turnaround Jump Shot: Missed	02:08
	02:07	Martin Rebound (Off:2 Def:5)
	01:57 [DEN 27-24]	Billups Jump Shot: Made (8 PTS)
	01:57	Team Violation : Delay Of Game
Nene Violation:Defensive Goaltending	01:47
Korver Layup Shot: Made (2 PTS)	01:47 [UTA 26-27]
Millsap Foul : Shooting (1 PF)	01:37
Team Timeout : Regular	01:37
	01:37	Nene Substitution replaced by Andersen
	01:37 [DEN 28-26]	Martin Free Throw 1 of 2 (3 PTS)
	01:37	Martin Free Throw 2 of 2 Missed
Millsap Rebound (Off:0 Def:2)	01:36
	01:26	Billups Foul : Personal (2 PF)
Williams Free Throw 1 of 2 (5 PTS)	01:26 [UTA 27-28]
	01:26	Billups Substitution replaced by Lawson
Williams Free Throw 2 of 2 (6 PTS)	01:26 [UTA 28-28]
	01:10	Korver Violation:Kicked Ball
	01:01 [DEN 30-28]	Anthony Jump Shot: Made (13 PTS)
Miles 3pt Shot: Missed	00:43.9
	00:42.9	Lawson Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)
	00:30.9	Smith Jump Shot: Missed
Boozer Rebound (Off:0 Def:2)	00:29.9
Williams Jump Shot: Missed	00:07.9
	00:06.9	Andersen Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)
	00:03.7	Smith 3pt Shot: Missed
	00:01.4	Lawson Rebound (Off:1 Def:1)
	00:00.6	Lawson Layup Shot: Missed
	00:00.0	Team Rebound
	00:00.0	Instant Replay - Support Ruling
End of 1st Quarter
Utah Jazz (53-30)		Denver Nuggets (54-29)
Start of 2nd QuarterBack to Top
	11:39 [DEN 33-28]	Lawson 3pt Shot: Made (3 PTS) Assist: Anthony (1 AST)
	11:27	Smith Foul : Personal (1 PF)
Millsap Jump Shot: Made (2 PTS) Assist: Price (1 AST)	11:17 [UTA 30-33]
Price Foul : Personal (1 PF)	11:12
	11:02	Martin Jump Hook Shot: Missed
Korver Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)	11:01
Millsap Fade Away Jumper Shot: Made (4 PTS)	10:50 [UTA 32-33]
	10:50	Martin Foul : Shooting (2 PF)
Millsap Free Throw 1 of 1 Missed	10:50
Team Rebound	10:49
Millsap Turnover : Bad Pass (1 TO) Steal:Lawson (1 ST)	10:46
	10:43 [DEN 35-32]	Lawson Layup Shot: Made (5 PTS)
Korver Jump Shot: Missed	10:25
Okur Rebound (Off:1 Def:1)	10:24
Okur Tip Shot: Made (5 PTS)	10:24 [UTA 34-35]
	10:07 [DEN 37-34]	Anthony Jump Shot: Made (15 PTS) Assist: Lawson (1 AST)
	09:58	Anthony Foul : Personal (2 PF)
	09:58	Martin Substitution replaced by Afflalo
	09:58	Anthony Substitution replaced by Nene
Millsap Jump Shot: Missed Block: Andersen (1 BLK)	09:45
	09:42	Lawson Rebound (Off:1 Def:2)
	09:32 [DEN 39-34]	Afflalo Jump Shot: Made (4 PTS)
	09:16	Andersen Foul : Shooting (1 PF)
Okur Free Throw 1 of 2 (6 PTS)	09:16 [UTA 35-39]
Okur Free Throw 2 of 2 (7 PTS)	09:16 [UTA 36-39]
Korver Foul : Shooting (1 PF)	09:01
	09:01 [DEN 40-36]	Nene Free Throw 1 of 2 (5 PTS)
	09:01	Nene Free Throw 2 of 2 Missed
Millsap Rebound (Off:0 Def:3)	08:59
Price 3pt Shot: Made (3 PTS)	08:38 [UTA 39-40]
	08:19	Smith Foul : Offensive (2 PF)
	08:19	Smith Turnover : Foul (1 TO)
Timeout : Official	08:19
Okur Turnover : Traveling (1 TO)	08:04
Team Timeout : Short	08:04
Okur Substitution replaced by Boozer	08:04
	07:46	Smith 3pt Shot: Missed
Boozer Rebound (Off:0 Def:3)	07:45
Boozer Jump Shot: Made (6 PTS) Assist: Millsap (2 AST)	07:30 [UTA 41-40]
	07:18	Lawson Driving Layup Shot: Missed Block: Millsap (1 BLK)
Boozer Rebound (Off:0 Def:4)	07:16
Boozer Jump Shot: Missed	07:01
	07:00	Smith Rebound (Off:0 Def:2)
	06:47	Nene Layup Shot: Missed Block: Boozer (2 BLK)
Korver Rebound (Off:0 Def:2)	06:45
Millsap Jump Shot: Made (6 PTS) Assist: Price (2 AST)	06:30 [UTA 43-40]
	06:14 [DEN 42-43]	Nene Jump Shot: Made (7 PTS) Assist: Lawson (2 AST)
Korver Turnover : Bad Pass (1 TO)	06:03
Price Substitution replaced by Williams	06:03
	06:03	Smith Substitution replaced by Billups
	06:03	Andersen Substitution replaced by Martin
Korver Substitution replaced by Miles	06:03
	05:47	Nene Turnover : Lost Ball (1 TO) Steal:Boozer (1 ST)
Boozer Jump Shot: Made (8 PTS) Assist: Williams (1 AST)	05:30 [UTA 45-42]
	05:10 [DEN 45-45]	Lawson 3pt Shot: Made (8 PTS) Assist: Nene (3 AST)
Matthews Jump Hook Shot: Missed	04:57
Millsap Rebound (Off:1 Def:3)	04:55
Millsap Pullup Jump shot: Made (8 PTS)	04:53 [UTA 47-45]
	04:37	Nene Layup Shot: Missed Block: Boozer (3 BLK)
	04:36	Nene Rebound (Off:1 Def:1)
Millsap Foul : Shooting (2 PF)	04:36
	04:36	Team Timeout : Regular
	04:36	Afflalo Substitution replaced by Anthony
	04:36 [DEN 46-47]	Nene Free Throw 1 of 2 (8 PTS)
	04:36 [DEN 47-47]	Nene Free Throw 2 of 2 (9 PTS)
Miles Jump Shot: Made (15 PTS) Assist: Williams (2 AST)	04:14 [UTA 49-47]
Boozer Foul : Personal (2 PF)	04:00
	03:51	Billups 3pt Shot: Missed
Boozer Rebound (Off:0 Def:5)	03:51
Boozer Fade Away Bank shot: Made (10 PTS) Assist: Matthews (1 AST)	03:28 [UTA 51-47]
	03:04 [DEN 49-51]	Nene Dunk Shot: Made (11 PTS) Assist: Lawson (3 AST)
Millsap Jump Shot: Missed	02:45
	02:44	Martin Rebound (Off:2 Def:6)
	02:39	Lawson Layup Shot: Missed Block: Millsap (2 BLK)
Matthews Rebound (Off:0 Def:2)	02:37
Miles 3pt Shot: Missed	02:28
	02:27	Anthony Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)
	02:16	Anthony Jump Shot: Missed
	02:16	Nene Rebound (Off:2 Def:1)
Miles Foul : Shooting (2 PF)	02:16
Team Timeout : Regular	02:16
	02:16	Anthony Technical
Williams Free Throw Technical Missed	02:16
	02:16	Team Rebound
	02:16	Nene Free Throw 1 of 2 Missed
	02:16	Team Rebound
	02:16	Nene Free Throw 2 of 2 Missed
Matthews Rebound (Off:0 Def:3)	02:14
Boozer Jump Shot: Missed	01:50
	01:49	Anthony Rebound (Off:0 Def:2)
	01:35 [DEN 51-51]	Billups Fade Away Jumper Shot: Made (10 PTS)
Williams Layup Shot: Missed	01:27
	01:25	Nene Rebound (Off:2 Def:2)
	01:23	Lawson Substitution replaced by Smith
	01:23	Jump Ball Nene vs Millsap (Billups gains possession)
	01:17 [DEN 53-51]	Smith Dunk Shot: Made (2 PTS) Assist: Billups (2 AST)
	01:01	Martin Foul : Shooting (3 PF)
	01:01	Martin Substitution replaced by Andersen
Boozer Free Throw 1 of 2 (11 PTS)	01:01 [UTA 52-53]
Boozer Free Throw 2 of 2 Missed	01:01
Millsap Rebound (Off:2 Def:3)	01:00
	00:40.3	Anthony Foul : Shooting (3 PF)
Instant Replay - Support Ruling	00:40.3
Miles Free Throw 1 of 2 (16 PTS)	00:40.3 [UTA 53-53]
Boozer Substitution replaced by Koufos	00:40.3
Millsap Substitution replaced by Fesenko	00:40.3
	00:40.3	Anthony Substitution replaced by Afflalo
Miles Free Throw 2 of 2 (17 PTS)	00:40.3 [UTA 54-53]
Miles Foul : Personal (3 PF)	00:36.1
Miles Substitution replaced by Korver	00:36.1
	00:36.1 [DEN 54-54]	Billups Free Throw 1 of 2 (11 PTS)
	00:36.1 [DEN 55-54]	Billups Free Throw 2 of 2 (12 PTS)
	00:31.3	Smith Foul : Personal (3 PF)
Matthews Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)	00:31.3 [UTA 55-55]
	00:31.3	Smith Substitution replaced by Lawson
Matthews Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)	00:31.3 [UTA 56-55]
Fesenko Foul : Shooting (1 PF)	00:15.7
	00:15.7 [DEN 56-56]	Nene Free Throw 1 of 2 (12 PTS)
	00:15.7 [DEN 57-56]	Nene Free Throw 2 of 2 (13 PTS)
Korver 3pt Shot: Missed	00:00.0
	00:00.0	Afflalo Rebound (Off:0 Def:2)
End of 2nd Quarter
Utah Jazz (53-30)		Denver Nuggets (54-29)
Start of 3rd QuarterBack to Top
	11:45	Billups 3pt Shot: Missed
Millsap Rebound (Off:2 Def:4)	11:44
Millsap Fade Away Jumper Shot: Missed	11:26
	11:25	Afflalo Rebound (Off:0 Def:3)
	11:15 [DEN 59-56]	Anthony Jump Shot: Made (17 PTS)
Boozer Jump Shot: Missed	10:59
	10:58	Martin Rebound (Off:2 Def:7)
	10:45	Anthony Jump Shot: Missed
	10:43	Anthony Rebound (Off:1 Def:2)
Miles Foul : Personal (4 PF)	10:43
Miles Substitution replaced by Korver	10:43
	10:25 [DEN 62-56]	Afflalo 3pt Shot: Made (7 PTS) Assist: Billups (3 AST)
Williams Jump Shot: Made (8 PTS) Assist: Boozer (2 AST)	10:09 [UTA 58-62]
Matthews Foul : Personal (2 PF)	10:01
	09:52 [DEN 64-58]	Martin Jump Shot: Made (5 PTS) Assist: Anthony (2 AST)
Matthews Turnover : Lost Ball (1 TO) Steal:Martin (1 ST)	09:29
	09:21 [DEN 66-58]	Martin Dunk Shot: Made (7 PTS) Assist: Afflalo (2 AST)
Korver 3pt Shot: Made (5 PTS) Assist: Williams (3 AST)	09:02 [UTA 61-66]
	09:02	Instant Replay - Support Ruling
	08:41	Anthony 3pt Shot: Missed
Korver Rebound (Off:0 Def:3)	08:40
Boozer Layup Shot: Made (13 PTS) Assist: Williams (4 AST)	08:33 [UTA 63-66]
	08:17	Martin Turnover : Offensive Goaltending (2 TO)
Williams 3pt Shot: Made (11 PTS) Assist: Boozer (3 AST)	08:02 [UTA 66-66]
	07:43 [DEN 68-66]	Nene Layup Shot: Made (15 PTS) Assist: Billups (4 AST)
Boozer Layup Shot: Missed Block: Martin (1 BLK)	07:32
	07:30	Martin Rebound (Off:2 Def:8)
	07:18 [DEN 71-66]	Afflalo 3pt Shot: Made (10 PTS) Assist: Billups (5 AST)
	07:05	Anthony Foul : Defense 3 Second (3 PF)
Korver Free Throw Technical (6 PTS)	07:05 [UTA 67-71]
Millsap Jump Shot: Made (10 PTS) Assist: Matthews (2 AST)	07:00 [UTA 69-71]
	06:36 [DEN 73-69]	Afflalo Driving Layup Shot: Made (12 PTS) Assist: Billups (6 AST)
	06:23	Nene Foul : Personal (2 PF)
Millsap Jump Bank Shot: Made (12 PTS) Assist: Williams (5 AST)	06:16 [UTA 71-73]
	05:53	Anthony Jump Shot: Missed
Millsap Rebound (Off:2 Def:5)	05:52
Williams Layup Shot: Made (13 PTS)	05:47 [UTA 73-73]
	05:29 [DEN 75-73]	Anthony Layup Shot: Made (19 PTS) Assist: Billups (7 AST)
Boozer Dunk Shot: Made (15 PTS) Assist: Williams (6 AST)	05:13 [UTA 75-75]
	04:51	Martin Turnaround Jump Shot: Missed
Korver Rebound (Off:0 Def:4)	04:50
	04:45	Afflalo Foul : Shooting (1 PF)
	04:45	Team Timeout : Regular
	04:45	Afflalo Substitution replaced by Smith
Williams Free Throw 1 of 2 (14 PTS)	04:45 [UTA 76-75]
Williams Free Throw 2 of 2 (15 PTS)	04:45 [UTA 77-75]
	04:25 [DEN 77-77]	Anthony Jump Shot: Made (21 PTS)
Millsap Fade Away Jumper Shot: Missed	04:02
	04:01	Anthony Rebound (Off:1 Def:3)
Millsap Foul : Personal (3 PF)	04:00
	03:44 [DEN 79-77]	Anthony Layup Shot: Made (23 PTS) Assist: Billups (8 AST)
Korver 3pt Shot: Made (9 PTS) Assist: Boozer (4 AST)	03:23 [UTA 80-79]
	03:10	Billups Turnover : Lost Ball (2 TO) Steal:Williams (1 ST)
Matthews Dunk Shot: Made (4 PTS) Assist: Korver (1 AST)	03:06 [UTA 82-79]
Team Timeout : Regular	02:49
Matthews Foul : Shooting (3 PF)	02:42
	02:42 [DEN 80-82]	Anthony Free Throw 1 of 2 (24 PTS)
	02:42	Nene Substitution replaced by Andersen
	02:42 [DEN 81-82]	Anthony Free Throw 2 of 2 (25 PTS)
Korver Turnover : Bad Pass (2 TO)	02:32
	02:19	Billups Step Back Jump shot: Missed
	02:18	Martin Rebound (Off:3 Def:8)
	02:14	Martin Hook Shot: Missed
Boozer Rebound (Off:0 Def:6)	02:13
Williams Jump Shot: Made (17 PTS)	02:03 [UTA 84-81]
	01:46 [DEN 83-84]	Anthony Jump Bank Shot: Made (27 PTS)
	01:44	Billups Foul : Personal (3 PF)
Korver Jump Shot: Missed	01:21
	01:20	Martin Rebound (Off:3 Def:9)
	01:05	Smith 3pt Shot: Missed
Matthews Rebound (Off:0 Def:4)	01:02
	00:58.9	Billups Foul : Personal (4 PF)
	00:58.9	Billups Substitution replaced by Lawson
Williams Free Throw 1 of 2 (18 PTS)	00:58.9 [UTA 85-83]
Williams Free Throw 2 of 2 (19 PTS)	00:58.9 [UTA 86-83]
Korver Foul : Personal (2 PF)	00:38.4
	00:38.4 [DEN 84-86]	Lawson Free Throw 1 of 2 (9 PTS)
	00:38.4 [DEN 85-86]	Lawson Free Throw 2 of 2 (10 PTS)
Williams Layup Shot: Missed	00:32.9
	00:30.9	Andersen Rebound (Off:0 Def:2)
	00:26.6 [DEN 88-86]	Anthony 3pt Shot: Made (30 PTS) Assist: Andersen (1 AST)
Millsap Jump Shot: Missed	00:04.8
	00:03.9	Andersen Rebound (Off:0 Def:3)
	00:00.7	Anthony 3pt Shot: Missed
	00:00.0	Team Rebound
End of 3rd Quarter
Utah Jazz (53-30)		Denver Nuggets (54-29)
Start of 4th QuarterBack to Top
Korver Jump Shot: Made (11 PTS) Assist: Williams (7 AST)	11:48 [UTA 88-88]
Miles Foul : Personal (5 PF)	11:34
Miles Substitution replaced by Matthews	11:34
	11:25 [DEN 90-88]	Anthony Turnaround Jump Shot: Made (32 PTS)
Williams Driving Reverse Layup Shot: Made (21 PTS)	11:12 [UTA 90-90]
	10:52 [DEN 93-90]	Smith 3pt Shot: Made (5 PTS) Assist: Anthony (3 AST)
Boozer Jump Shot: Made (17 PTS) Assist: Williams (8 AST)	10:30 [UTA 92-93]
	10:13 [DEN 96-92]	Smith 3pt Shot: Made (8 PTS) Assist: Anthony (4 AST)
Boozer Jump Shot: Missed	09:45
	09:44	Smith Rebound (Off:0 Def:3)
	09:41	Smith Foul : Offensive (4 PF)
	09:41	Smith Turnover : Foul (2 TO)
Korver Foul : Offensive (3 PF)	09:24
Korver Turnover : Foul (3 TO)	09:24
	09:24	Anthony Substitution replaced by Afflalo
Fesenko Substitution replaced by Millsap	09:24
	09:11 [DEN 99-92]	Smith 3pt Shot: Made (11 PTS) Assist: Lawson (4 AST)
	09:01	Lawson Foul : Shooting (1 PF)
Korver Substitution replaced by Price	09:01
Williams Free Throw 1 of 2 Missed	09:01
Team Rebound	09:01
Williams Free Throw 2 of 2 (22 PTS)	09:01 [UTA 93-99]
	08:42	Smith 3pt Shot: Missed
	08:41	Smith Rebound (Off:1 Def:3)
	08:38 [DEN 101-93]	Smith Finger Roll Layup Shot: Made (13 PTS)
Millsap Layup Shot: Made (14 PTS) Assist: Williams (9 AST)	08:24 [UTA 95-101]
	08:24	Martin Foul : Shooting (4 PF)
Timeout : Official	08:24
	08:24	Martin Substitution replaced by Nene
Millsap Free Throw 1 of 1 (15 PTS)	08:24 [UTA 96-101]
	08:11	Lawson Driving Layup Shot: Missed Block: Millsap (3 BLK)
Millsap Rebound (Off:2 Def:6)	08:09
Price Layup Shot: Missed	08:03
	08:02	Smith Rebound (Off:1 Def:4)
Williams Foul : Shooting (2 PF)	08:00
	08:00 [DEN 102-96]	Lawson Free Throw 1 of 2 (11 PTS)
	08:00	Lawson Free Throw 2 of 2 Missed
Millsap Rebound (Off:2 Def:7)	07:59
	07:48	Nene Foul : Personal (3 PF)
Matthews Reverse Layup Shot: Made (6 PTS) Assist: Williams (10 AST)	07:41 [UTA 98-102]
Williams Foul : Personal (3 PF)	07:31
	07:31	Afflalo Substitution replaced by Anthony
	07:24 [DEN 104-98]	Nene Finger Roll Layup Shot: Made (17 PTS) Assist: Lawson (5 AST)
Boozer Foul : Shooting (3 PF)	07:24
	07:24	Nene Free Throw 1 of 1 Missed
	07:21	Smith Rebound (Off:2 Def:4)
	07:21	Smith Dunk Shot: Missed
Boozer Rebound (Off:0 Def:7)	07:18
Williams 3pt Shot: Missed	07:05
	07:04	Andersen Rebound (Off:0 Def:4)
Price Foul : Shooting (2 PF)	06:51
	06:51 [DEN 105-98]	Anthony Free Throw 1 of 2 (33 PTS)
Price Substitution replaced by Miles	06:51
	06:51 [DEN 106-98]	Anthony Free Throw 2 of 2 (34 PTS)
Millsap Turnover : Bad Pass (2 TO) Steal:Nene (1 ST)	06:39
	06:30 [DEN 108-98]	Anthony Layup Shot: Made (36 PTS)
Team Timeout : Regular	06:21
Matthews Substitution replaced by Korver	06:21
Boozer Layup Shot: Made (19 PTS) Assist: Williams (11 AST)	06:10 [UTA 100-108]
	05:47 [DEN 111-100]	Smith 3pt Shot: Made (16 PTS) Assist: Anthony (5 AST)
	05:37	Lawson Foul : Personal (2 PF)
Williams Driving Finger Roll Layup Shot: Made (24 PTS)	05:29 [UTA 102-111]
	05:10 [DEN 113-102]	Anthony Jump Shot: Made (38 PTS)
Williams Driving Layup Shot: Made (26 PTS)	05:03 [UTA 104-113]
	04:40	Lawson 3pt Shot: Missed
	04:39	Nene Rebound (Off:3 Def:2)
	04:34	Smith 3pt Shot: Missed
Millsap Rebound (Off:2 Def:8)	04:33
Millsap Layup Shot: Missed	04:18
Boozer Rebound (Off:1 Def:7)	04:17
Boozer Layup Shot: Missed Block: Andersen (2 BLK)	04:15
	04:13	Andersen Rebound (Off:0 Def:5)
	04:10 [DEN 115-104]	Nene Dunk Shot: Made (19 PTS) Assist: Lawson (6 AST)
	03:56	Lawson Foul : Shooting (3 PF)
	03:56	Lawson Substitution replaced by Billups
Williams Free Throw 1 of 2 Missed	03:56
Team Rebound	03:56
Williams Free Throw 2 of 2 Missed	03:56
	03:53	Andersen Rebound (Off:0 Def:6)
	03:28 [DEN 118-104]	Billups 3pt Shot: Made (15 PTS) Assist: Smith (1 AST)
Williams Turnover : Bad Pass (2 TO) Steal:Smith (1 ST)	03:17
	03:13 [DEN 120-104]	Anthony Layup Shot: Made (40 PTS) Assist: Smith (2 AST)
Korver Jump Shot: Made (13 PTS) Assist: Boozer (5 AST)	02:52 [UTA 106-120]
	02:29 [DEN 122-106]	Anthony Jump Shot: Made (42 PTS)
Miles 3pt Shot: Missed	02:15
	02:14	Nene Rebound (Off:3 Def:3)
	02:00	Billups Turnover : Bad Pass (3 TO)
	02:00	Team Timeout : Regular
Korver Substitution replaced by Gaines	02:00
Miles Substitution replaced by Koufos	02:00
Boozer Substitution replaced by Price	02:00
Williams Substitution replaced by Jeffers	02:00
Millsap Substitution replaced by Fesenko	02:00
	01:45	Billups Substitution replaced by Petro
	01:45	Anthony Substitution replaced by Graham
	01:45	Nene Substitution replaced by Afflalo
	01:45	Andersen Substitution replaced by Allen
Gaines Jump Shot: Made (2 PTS)	01:38 [UTA 108-122]
Price Foul : Personal (3 PF)	01:28
	01:28 [DEN 123-108]	Smith Free Throw 1 of 2 (17 PTS)
	01:28 [DEN 124-108]	Smith Free Throw 2 of 2 (18 PTS)
Jeffers Layup Shot: Made (2 PTS) Assist: Fesenko (1 AST)	01:18 [UTA 110-124]
	01:18	Allen Foul : Shooting (1 PF)
Jeffers Free Throw 1 of 1 Missed	01:18
	01:16	Petro Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)
	01:02	Graham 3pt Shot: Missed
Koufos Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)	01:02
Jeffers Layup Shot: Missed	00:56.7
	00:56.7	Team Rebound
Price Foul : Personal (4 PF)	00:44.9
	00:44.9 [DEN 125-110]	Smith Free Throw 1 of 2 (19 PTS)
	00:44.9 [DEN 126-110]	Smith Free Throw 2 of 2 (20 PTS)
	00:30.3	Petro Foul : Shooting (1 PF)
Fesenko Free Throw 1 of 2 Missed	00:30.3
Team Rebound	00:30.3
Fesenko Free Throw 2 of 2 (1 PTS)	00:30.3 [UTA 111-126]
	00:10.8	Smith 3pt Shot: Missed
Team Rebound	00:09.9
Gaines Jump Bank Shot: Made (4 PTS)	00:03.5 [UTA 113-126]
End of 4th Quarter

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