Boozer gets double-double in Jazz win

Published: Saturday, Nov. 4 2006 9:46 p.m. MST

Carlos Boozer had 17 points and 14 rebounds for his third double-double in as many games this season, and the Utah Jazz remained unbeaten with a 106-82 win over the Golden State Warriors on Saturday night.

Mehmet Okur had 17 points and 13 rebounds for his second straight double-double and C.J. Miles scored 17 for Utah, which improved to 3-0 and has topped 100 points in each game this season.

The Jazz were coming off a 108-104 win at Phoenix on Friday and didn't appear at all fatigued after running with the Suns all night, then flying home. Utah outrebounded Golden State 51-34 and led comfortably for most of the last three quarters.

Troy Murphy, Mike Dunleavy and Ike Diogu each scored 12 for the Warriors, who beat Portland 102-89 Friday.

Golden State shot just 38 percent from the floor and missed 15 of 35 free throws.

After falling behind by 21 early in the third quarter, the Warriors made a couple of small runs to get closer, but never nearly close enough.

Golden State closed the margin to 74-61 on a 3-pointer by Murphy, then Okur made a turnaround jumper and back-to-back 3-pointers to start an 11-1 run. Harpring finished it with a three-point play, making a layup in the final second and getting fouled by Monta Ellis.

The Jazz led 85-62 entering the final period. The Warriors went without a field goal from Murphy's 3-pointer with 2:50 left in the third until Diogu made a layup with 9:33 left in the final period.

Andris Biedrins and Jason Richardson scored 11 apiece and Ellis finished with 10 points for the Warriors.

Matt Harpring finished with 12 points and Dee Brown had five assists in his NBA debut for the Jazz.

Notes: The Warriors were just 1-for-9 from the free-throw line in the first quarter. ... The Jazz opened the second quarter with an 11-2 run and led 60-41 at halftime. ... Andrei Kirilenko finished with four blocks and three steals for Utah.

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