Jazz 97, Spurs 93

Published: Wednesday, Jan. 31 2007 10:46 p.m. MST

Mehmet Okur scored 14 of his 31 points in the fourth quarter, including eight in the final minute to lead the Utah Jazz over the San Antonio Spurs 97-93 Wednesday night.

Okur also pulled down 11 of Utah's 50 rebounds and Deron Williams added 14 points and seven assists for the Jazz, who had lost two straight.

Paul Millsap added 15 points and eight rebounds just hours after the Jazz learned Carlos Boozer, their leading scorer and rebounder, could miss a month with a broken bone in his leg.

Tim Duncan had 25 points and 12 rebounds and Tony Parker scored 27 points for the Spurs, who rallied from 12 points down and took two brief leads down the stretch before Okur carried Utah to the win.

Manu Ginobili and Robert Horry scored 10 apiece for the Spurs, who had just 32 rebounds — 18 fewer than Utah.

Utah improved to 2-1 against San Antonio this season and can get no worse than a split with the Spurs, who swept the Jazz five of the last six seasons.

San Antonio trailed 71-63 entering the fourth, but Parker scored 14 in the final period and kept the Spurs within range of winning it. Parker's consecutive 3-pointers tied the game at 81 with 3:19 left and set up the back-and-forth finish.

Bruce Bowen gave San Antonio an 86-85 lead with a 3-pointer, which Williams answered with his own 3 to put Utah back ahead 88-86 with 1:39 remaining. Horry put the Spurs back up with another 3, which Okur tried to answer for the Jazz.

He missed, but was fouled and made all three free throws to put Utah ahead 91-89 with a minute to go. Duncan banked a shot over Okur to tie it again with 40 seconds left, but Okur broke the tie on another 3 with 27 seconds to go.

After Duncan put back a rebound to get the Spurs within 94-93, the Jazz broke San Antonio's press and got the ball up the court to Okur, who was fouled and made both free throws with 12 seconds to go.

After a miss by Horry, Harpring went 1-of-2 from the line with 7 seconds left to make it a four-point game.

Notes: Rafael Araujo scored seven points, the most he has scored for the Jazz since they traded for him last summer. ... Andrei Kirilenko had nine points and eight rebounds for Utah. ... The 50 rebounds tied the most San Antonio allowed this season. The Jazz also pulled down 50 against the Spurs in November.

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