Show Injured Jazz Bow to King James Cays Ron Haycock Contributing Writer Saturday nights night's Jazz game against the Cavaliers was just short of a boxing match With the Delta Center filled almost to capacity the Jazz battled the in what started out as a routine win for the Jazz but as with every sport anything can happen in any game With the Jazz holding a ahome ahome ahome home record of 3 17 the came to Utah looking to snap a 13 game losing streak For much of the first half the Jazz had the eating out of their hands having them play their style of basketball The Jazz held Lebron James to only 9 points The Jazz Lead the 51 33 an point 18 cushion at half time Coming into the third quarter the Jazz looked as if they'd been standing outside for the duration of time half-time colas cold col d as ice They couldn't buy a bucket with the combined combine d salary of the team which h soon would pay for th the e The Cavaliers started d to take the ball to the hole Having no one in the paint pain to contest their shots th the e relentlessly kept penetrating pen pen- the paint Having Matt Harpring the Jazz's leading scorer out due to knee surgery and Greg being ejected the Jazz had to rely on the little little little lit tle guys Despite these odds the Jazz were still able to hold onto a point 14 14 lead going into the fourth quarter quarter quarter ter but out that was the last time the Jazz could sit com com- With four minutes remaining in m the game the he Jazz held a seven point lead and looked like they tey might still be able to come out victorious but the kept closing the gap With one minute remaining remaining remaining remain remain- ing in regulation a free throw tied the game at 85 Carlos Arroyo took a running off balance shot atthe at atthe atthe the last second and came up short and to the left sending it to over Out of the last nine shots in regulation for the Jazz five were three pointers and not a single one fell The were victorious in the paint beating the Jazz in both offensive and defensive defensive defensive sive boards The had 17 offensive boards and andi i executed all 17 times to score In time Over-time it was all allI I Cavaliers With Lebron out y on a injury Carlos Boozer took over He scored a career high 32 points with nine in the extra period The Cays scored the ilie first four points while the Jazz continued their second half trend trend they they were frozen The game ended with a score of Jazz coach Jerry Sloan said that the turning point in the game was the third quarter when the Jazz seemed to lose focus We had control of the ball game but then we put ourselves in a situation situation situation situa situa- tion where we just got to hanging out Sloan loan said after the game The fans came to see Lebron James but Carlos Boozer was the deciding factor in the game Carlos Boozer was exceptional said the Cavaliers' Cavaliers coach Paul Silas Without him there is no way this could have happened I am just proud of the guys They hung ung in there without Lebron The Cavaliers won their first game ever in the Delta Center The last time that they beat the Jazz in Salt Lake City was at the Salt Palace on December 11 1989 The Cavaliers ended a 6 game road trip with this win |