Boozer, Jazz rout Grizzlies

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03/01/2007 - Memphis, TN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Carlos Boozer scored 24 points and grabbed 16 rebounds to lead the Utah Jazz to an easy 104-88 win over the Memphis Grizzlies at the FedExForum.

Matt Harpring added 25 points and Mehmet Okur chipped in with 16 for Utah, which has won two of its last three games. Derron Williams had 14 points and 10 assists for the Jazz, who have won nine of their last 11.

Pau Gasol deposited 28 points and grabbed 13 boards for Memphis, which has lost two in a row. Mike Miller added 17 points for the Grizzlies, who have lost five of six.

Trailing 67-63 with 4:59 left in the third period, Utah embarked on a 33-10 run spanning from the end of the third quarter to the middle of the fourth to open up a commanding 95-77 advantage with 5:10 left to play in the contest.

Memphis never threatened thereafter.

Memphis opened the game with a 10-0 burst, capped by a Gasol finger-roll. Moments later two Rudy Gay free throws put the Grizzlies ahead 18-2 a little over midway through the first stanza.

Utah fought back with a 9-0 surge late in the quarter and trailed 25-17 after one period.

Hakim Warrick's jumper extended the Grizzlies' lead to 48-33 with 2:58 left in the second session but Utah used an 11-1 run, capped by an Okur jumper at the buzzer to pull within 49-44 at the intermission.

Gasol scored 22 points in the half.

The Jazz stayed close throughout the third and Okur's jumper tied it a 67 with 3:02 left to play. Matt Harpring then gave Utah its first lead of the game, as the Jazz scored 15 of the final 19 points in the period and took a 77-71 advantage into the final quarter.

Game Notes

Memphis guard Chucky Atkins left the game late in the first with a sprained right ankle and did not return...Utah outrebounded Memphis 46-37...Utah committed 18 turnovers...Jazz forward Andrei Kirilenko recorded his 600th career steal in the first half.

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