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  • Jazz G Williams misses second game (AP)

    Utah point guard Deron Williams missed his second straight game Saturday night against Cleveland to deal with a family medical issue. Williams returned to Salt Lake City on Friday morning and missed Utah's game in Philadelphia. He said in a statement following the game that his daughter underwent a procedure on Thursday to "address some health concerns." Williams averages 20.4 points…

  • Cavs C O’Neal out with shoulder injury (AP)

    Shaquille O'Neal was scratched from the Cleveland Cavaliers' lineup Saturday night against Utah because of a strained shoulder. O'Neal started Cleveland's first nine games, averaging 11.3 points and 6.8 rebounds. Zydrunas Ilgauskas was expected to start at center in place of O'Neal.

  • Boozer’s 27 and 14 lift Jazz over Spurs (AP)

    Utah Jazz forward Andrei Kirilenko(notes) (47), of Russia, is fouled by San Antonio Spurs guard Manu Ginobili(notes) (20), of Argentina, while Spurs forward Tim Duncan(notes) (21) helps defend during the second half of their NBA basketball game Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009, in Salt Lake City. The Jazz beat the Spurs 113-99.

    The boos that the Utah Jazz heard early quickly turned to cheers of "Booz!" Carlos Boozer and the Utah Jazz finally put on a show worth rooting for, beating the San Antonio Spurs 113-99 on Thursday night. The Jazz ended a two-game losing skid and undid a little of the damage done in an embarrassing loss two nights before.

  • Nowitzki has 29 of 40 in 4th, Mavs rally (AP)

    Utah Jazz center Mehmet Okur(notes), left, from Turkey defends against Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki(notes) (41) from Germany as he drives to the basket in the second half of an NBA basketball game in Dallas, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009. The Mavericks won 96-85.

    The Dallas Mavericks' offense barely had a pulse for most of three quarters. Then Dirk Nowitzki decided to take control. Nowitzki scored a club-record 29 of his 40 points during a frantic fourth-quarter comeback and the Mavericks beat the Utah Jazz 96-85 on Tuesday night. Nowitzki broke the franchise record of 24 points in any quarter set by Mark Aguirre against Denver on March 24, 1984.

  • Rockets use 10 3-pointers to beat Jazz (AP)

    Utah Jazz forward Carlos Boozer(notes) (5) puts a shot over Houston Rockets forward Chuck Hayes(notes) (44) during the second half of an NBA basketball game Monday, Nov. 2, 2009, in Salt Lake City.

    Missing stars Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming, the Houston Rockets are counting quite a bit on their 3-point shooting early in the season. So far, it's only gotten them off to a 3-1 start. Rookie Chase Budinger scored a career-high 17 points and was one of four Houston players with multiple 3-pointers as the Rockets beat the Utah Jazz 113-96 on Monday night.

  • Griffin helps Clips win fourth straight (AP)

    Los Angeles Clippers forward Craig Smith(notes), right, looses control of the ball as Utah Jazz center Kosta Koufos(notes) guards during the first half of their preseason NBA basketball game, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009, in Los Angeles.

    Blake Griffin scored 16 points in his second consecutive start and the Los Angeles Clippers beat the Utah Jazz 103-96 in a preseason game on Saturday night. Eric Gordon and Chris Kaman also had 16 points apiece for Los Angeles, which has won four straight since a seven-point loss at Golden State in its exhibition opener.

  • Replacement refs make uneventful debut (AP)

    NBA replacement officials Deldre Carr, left, Tre Maddox, center, and CJ Washington, right, talk during a timeout late in the fourth quarter of a preseason NBA basketball game between the Utah Jazz and the Denver Nuggets on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009, in Salt Lake City. The replacement officials are in action due to a lockout of the usual NBA officials.

    The NBA's replacement referees were a non-issue in the preseason opener, just as the league wanted. The Utah Jazz beat the Denver Nuggets 103-87 on Thursday night in an exhibition game that featured 69 fouls and very little objection to any of them. Whether it was preseason indifference or players and coaches heeding to the league warning to be nice to the new officials, there wasn't much…