Too Much Jazz hurt Texans from San Antonio

The Utah Jazz added a sour end to the road trip of these San Antonio Spurs.

Tim Duncan poked the ball away from Carlos Boozer near Utah's free-throw line, scooped it up and set his sights on the Spurs' basket 50 feet away. For all of Duncan's skills, however, foot speed is not among them. After lumbering down the floor, Duncan started to go up for a dunk only to have Boozer crack him back to the floor.

The hard foul not only prevented a basket, it sent a message. Apparently, the Jazz have grown tired of being pushed around by the Spurs.

And with the way the Utah Jazz are playing, no one should. Not the Chicago Bulls, not the Dallas Mavericks and obviously not the Miami Heat. The Miami Heat can't even do that to the young Oklahoma City / New Orleans Hornets.

With former Duke standout, Carlos Boozer, totaling 23 points and 16 rebounds, Andrei Kirilenko pogo-sticking his way all over the court and Deron Williams burying one clutch shot after another, the Jazz beat the Spurs 83-75 Wednesday night at EnergySolutions Arena.

The victory was just Utah's third in its past 25 games against the San Antonio Spurs. With it, the Jazz improved their NBA-best record to 13-3 while handing the Spurs (11-5) their first losing streak of the season.

''Right now they're a tougher-minded club than we are,'' San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich said. ''We have a little ways to go to be as tough-minded as they are.''

On Saturday, the San Antonio Spurs will try to rebound from this loss as they host the Sacramento Kings. The Kings, without any solid low-post threat since Chris Webber left for Philly, should be easy prey for Tim Duncan and company.

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