18 in a row

i may respect the jazz, but i can say with pleasure that this was a fun
blowout. 18 in a row over the jazz, 19 home games in a row. does anyone
remember when the jazz beat the spurs last? feb 1999, when the spurs dropped
to 8-9. they turned that around with a fantastic run for the rest of the
season to get hca for the playoffs and set a record 15-2 playoff mark
(surpassed by the 15-1 lakers in 2001).

dave

http://www.sportsline.com/nba/gamecenter/recap/NBA_20041127_UTA@SA

Spurs 109, Jazz 76
Nov. 27, 2004
SportsLine.com wire reports
SAN ANTONIO -- The San Antonio Spurs' fast start didn't surprise Utah coach
Jerry Sloan.

Malik Rose scored a season-high 16 points, San Antonio made nine of its
first 10 shots and the Spurs beat the Jazz 109-76 on Saturday night.

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"They started out just like I thought they would," Sloan said. "They came
out and tried to destroy us."

Manu Ginobili added 15 points, Tony Parker and Devin Brown each had 14 and
Tim Duncan had 12 points and 13 rebounds for the Spurs, who shot 12-for-16
in the opening quarter.

While San Antonio's offensive got off to a hot start, the Spurs' defense
held Utah to 3-for-12 shooting over the same span. At 7:01 of the first
quarter, the Spurs led 20-6.

Spurs coach Gregg Popovich, notoriously hard to please, was happy with his
team's intensity -- particularly on defense.

"That's what they're paid to do -- bring their best every game," he said.

Matt Harpring scored 15 points and Gordan Giricek 14 to lead the the Jazz,
who played most of the night without Andrei Kirilenko, their No. 2 scorer
and rebounder.

Kirilenko, averaging about 16 points and eight rebounds, went down with a
sprained right knee in a collision with San Antonio's Beno Udrih early in
the second quarter.

But by that point, the Spurs already had a 23-point lead and were well on
their way to their 19th straight victory at home. Kirilenko was scoreless in
nine minutes.

"It's not really hurt, it's just uncomfortable," said Kirilenko, who needed
crutches to get around.

A 6-foot jumper off the rim by Duncan accounted for San Antonio's only miss
in the game's first five minutes. The Spurs shot 12-for-16 in the opening
quarter.

Udrih's second 3-pointer of the game with 10:10 left in the second gave San
Antonio a 35-14 lead, and after that the Jazz were never closer than 20. At
one point in the fourth, Utah trailed by 37.

"Our defense is getting better and better," Parker said. "You really have to
focus on taking care of the ball when you build a big lead. We were up 20 in
Toronto (last week) and lost."

Carlos Boozer, Utah's leader at 20.2 points per game and 10.2 rebounds per
game, had six points and three rebounds before fouling out early in the
fourth.

The Spurs have beaten Utah 18 straight times dating to February 2000.


Notes
Duncan has led San Antonio in rebounds in all 14 games this season, and was
the high scorer in the last six outings. ... The Spurs are within three
games of matching their longest home winning streak of 22, set between March
and December 1999. ... Giricek has made nine of his 13 3-point attempts (69
percent) this season, but took none Saturday.

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Utah Jazz
STARTERS M FG FT TR A PF PTS
J. Collins, C 33 2-6 2-2 6 2 6 6
G. Giricek, SG 30 5-9 4-5 1 2 2 14
C. Boozer, PF 29 3-10 0-0 3 4 6 6
C. Arroyo, PG 18 3-6 0-0 0 2 2 7
A. Kirilenko, SF 9 0-3 0-0 0 0 1 0
BENCH M FG FT TR A PF PTS
M. Harpring, SF 30 6-11 3-5 4 0 2 15
K. Snyder, SF 24 2-3 2-4 4 0 2 6
H. Eisley, PG 22 2-5 0-0 1 3 3 4
M. Okur, PF 20 5-9 0-0 3 0 3 10
R. Bell, SG 17 1-5 0-0 2 0 5 2
K. McLeod, SG 8 3-5 0-0 0 1 2 6
C. Borchardt, C Did Not Play
Totals 32-72 11-16 24 14 8 76
44.4% 68.8%
Complete Box Score


San Antonio Spurs
STARTERS M FG FT TR A PF PTS
B. Bowen, SF 27 3-4 4-4 1 1 1 11
T. Duncan, PF 27 4-10 4-7 13 3 1 12
R. Nesterovic, C 24 1-1 0-0 1 0 4 2
M. Ginobili, SG 22 5-6 5-5 3 3 0 15
T. Parker, PG 22 6-9 2-3 3 4 4 14
BENCH M FG FT TR A PF PTS
D. Brown, SG 22 5-7 3-4 5 2 0 14
B. Udrih, PG 22 3-6 1-2 2 2 2 9
B. Barry, SG 20 1-3 0-0 1 4 3 2
M. Rose, PF 19 4-6 8-8 4 1 1 16
R. Horry, PF 16 2-4 0-2 2 0 1 5
T. Massenburg, C 10 1-4 3-4 2 0 5 5
M. Wilks, PG 9 1-1 2-2 0 1 0 4
Totals 36-61 32-41 37 21 7 109
59.0% 78.0%