Bobcats 104, Jazz 89

Brevin Knight had 19 points and 10 assists, and the Charlotte Bobcats won on the road for just the sixth time this season, beating the Utah Jazz 104-89 on Wednesday night.

Gerald Wallace also had 19 points and Primoz Brezec added 16 as all five Charlotte starters scored in double figures. The Bobcats were 36-for-69 (52 percent) from the field and improved to 2-0 all-time at Utah, despite missing Emeka Okafor for the 33rd time in 34 games because of a sprained right ankle.

The Jazz were without Andrei Kirilenko (back spasms), but did nothing to help themselves and were booed by the home fans through much of the second half while falling behind by as much as 20.

Utah struggled from the free throw line for the second straight game, making just 18-of-30.

Matt Harpring led the Jazz with 22 points. Milt Palacio scored 17 off the bench and Deron Williams finished with 15 points.

Utah, which is trying to end a two-year playoff drought, hasn't won back-to-back games since beating Chicago and Minnesota on Feb. 6 and 10. The Jazz fell 3 1/2 games behind Denver in the Northwest Division.

The Bobcats are a long way from the playoffs, but outplayed the Jazz all night and beat a Western Conference team on the road for the second time this season. The other win was Feb. 22 at Portland in the second of a six-game road trip, which ends Friday in Dallas.

Jumaine Jones and Raymond Felton each scored 11 for Charlotte and the Bobcats outscored the Jazz in all four quarters.

Charlotte led by 12 when Utah made a slight run in the third quarter after coach Jerry Sloan got a technical with 7:15 left in the period. Official Leon Wood was about 10 feet in front of Sloan when he overheard something the coach said.

Wood called the technical and Sloan immediately jumped from his seat and took a step toward the court before his assistants restrained him. It sparked the Jazz, but only slightly, in a 10-4 run. Williams cut the lead to 71-64 with a 3-pointer, then Charlotte closed the period on a 10-3 run and led 81-67 entering the fourth.

Brezec made back-to-back jumpers and Jake Voskuhl and Matt Carroll added jumpers from the corner, then Voskuhl ended the period for Charlotte with a dunk. Utah had a chance to cut into the lead, but Jarron Collins went 1-for-2 from the line after getting fouled in the final second.

Utah remained listless in the final period and never made much of a threat.

Notes: Charlotte was just 4-37 on the road in its first NBA season. One of those wins was Feb. 1, 2005, at Utah. ... The Jazz were just 26-of-42 from the line in an overtime win at Golden State on Monday. Utah has made 38 of its last 72 free throws.