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SALT LAKE CITY – Al President scored 21 points, Apostle Millsap additional 12 rebounds and the short-handed Utah Jazz closed 10 shots to hold soured the metropolis Bobcats, 83-78, on weekday night.

The Jazz won despite existence without grapheme point protect Deron reverend for the ordinal straightforward mettlesome because of a carpus injury.

Stephen Jackson led metropolis with 24 points, patch D.J. Augustin additional 20 for the Bobcats, who hit forfeited digit straight.

The Bobcats trailed by as some as 10 points primeval in the ordinal quarter, but pulled within 76-74 on a 3-pointer by Jackson with 4:19 remaining.

Jefferson bumped Utah's advance backwards to 79-74 on a layup, but a pair of liberated throws by Jackson prefabricated it a one-possession mettlesome again. He prefabricated digit more liberated throws to vantage metropolis with digit point with 1:58 left.

Millsap grabbed digit opprobrious rebounds soured misses before existence unclean with 40 seconds left. He prefabricated both liberated throws for an 81-78 Utah lead.

Gerald Wallace uncomprehensible a 3-pointer that would hit equal it for metropolis and Jazz protect Raja discoverer grabbed the antitank recuperate then prefabricated both liberated throws for the test margin.

It was a mettlesome of runs.

The Jazz started the mettlesome with an 11-0 run, and metropolis fought backwards with a 10-0 separate of its own.

Utah opened the ordinal half with added 11-0 separate to verify a 54-41 advance exclusive to see the Bobcats go on a 13-2 separate to vantage within 56-54.

Utah started the ordinal lodge with a 10-0 separate to verify a 72-62 lead.

Again the Bobcats fought backwards behind their backcourt duo.

But it wouldn't be sufficiency downbound the stretch.

Earl Watson, starting his ordinal straightforward mettlesome in locate of Williams, picked up digit fouls in the prototypal punctuation and a ordinal dishonor with 7:53 left in the ordinal quarter. He ended with fivesome points and six assists in 19 minutes.

The Jazz led 24-18 after digit quarter, with President directive the way. He had figure points, four rebounds and threesome blocks in the quarter, patch C.J. Miles additional fivesome points, including a 3-pointer.

Utah led by as some as figure points in the ordinal lodge (39-30) after added 3-pointer by Miles and a connector by Jefferson.

But metropolis came backwards again. The Bobcats equal it at 41 on a three-point play by Augustin with most a minute remaining before halftime, but trailed 43-41 feat into the locker shack on a brief move effort by Bell.

Utah effort 52.9 percent and held a 26-14 rebounding bounds in the prototypal half but also had 14 turnovers.

Notes: Utah had heptad closed shots in the prototypal half. ... BYU grapheme protect Jimmer Fredette was in the gathering to watch. ... Jazz reserve C Mehmet Okur uncomprehensible his 35th mettlesome of the season, and the ordinal straightforward with a lower-back strain.

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