Utah Overcomes Slow Start to Overpower Opponent
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By Dirk Facer Deseret Morning News  It took awhile -- one quarter, to be exact -- for Utah to shake off its rusty play in a 31-10 season-opening loss to UCLA.  In Saturday's home opener against Northern Arizona, the Utes got off to a sluggish start.
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With two starters out because of injuries and two others playing while they recover, the Utah Jazz are relying more on their less experienced players. The young Jazz got a lesson Saturday night in how to build a big lead, blow it and then build it back up again in a 105-87 win over the struggling Boston Celtics.
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Alex Smith threw for three touchdowns, rushed for two more and finished with 435 yards of offense, and No. 20 Utah backed up its first preseason ranking with a 41-21 win over Texas A&amp;M on Thursday night.
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Pau Gasol scored 23 points and Shane Battier had 16 to help the Memphis Grizzlies beat Utah 110-94 Saturday night and spoil the return of Andrei Kirilenko to the Jazz lineup.
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Robbie Findley scored twice in his Real Salt Lake debut, leading the team to its first win of the season, 2-1 over D.C. United 2-1 on Saturday night.
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Quarterback Alex Smith ran for two touchdowns and Steve Savoy caught 11 passes for 150 yards in Utah's 28-7 victory over New Mexico on Friday night.
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The red-hot Utah Jazz cruised to their  ninth consecutive win on Monday, topping the New Orleans  Hornets 110-88 in a battle of Western Conference division  leaders.
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SALT LAKE CITY -- Back in the comfort of home, the Utah Jazz found what they were lacking in the first two games of the Western Conference finals: confidence, defense, and scorers other than Carlos Boozer and Deron Williams.
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LOS ANGELES Elton Brand, Bobby Simmons and Corey Maggette (muh-GET&#39;-ee) carried the Los Angeles Clippers to a 101-to-90 win over Utah.
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Dwyane Wade hits a 20-foot jumper at the buzzer, giving the reeling Heat a 104-102 win over Utah on Saturday night in Miami.
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TUCSON, Ariz. Alex Smith passed for two scores 17th-ranked Utah held Arizona without a touchdown in a 23-to-6 victory. The 2-and-0 Utes protected their highest poll position since they finished the 1993 season ranked eighth.
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Matt Harpring had 10 points and nine rebounds despite missing much of the first half with a bloody nose, and rookie Kris Humphries scored 13 in the Utah Jazz's 101-88 preseason victory over the Sacramento Kings on Friday night.
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Deron Williams had a career-high 33 points and 12 assists to lead Utah to a 99-98 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday night, stretching the Jazz's winning streak to six games entering the All-Star break.
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SALT LAKE CITY -- Morgan Scalley returned the opening kickoff 90 yards for a touchdown and Alex Smith threw for three TDs and ran 70 yards for another, leading No. 9 Utah past UNLV, 63-28, last night.
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Morgan Scalley returned the opening kickoff 90 yards for a touchdown and Alex Smith threw for three TDs and ran 70 yards for another, leading No. 9 Utah past UNLV 63-28 Saturday night.
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Staring at a big deficit on the road, the Utah Jazz decided to fight back. Facing the same circumstances, the only fight coming from the Miami Heat was with the referees. The struggling Heat lost their poise on the way to losing another game, falling 106-86 to the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday night.
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Mehmet Okur forced overtime on a layup with 12 seconds left in regulation, and Derek Fisher scored with 3 seconds left in the extra period to give Utah a 104-102 win over New York on Saturday night.