Three for all — Jazz fire away from deep

It seemed to be all about 3-pointers Monday night for the Utah Jazz against a team with a superior record, the New Orleans Hornets.

Kyle Korver came into the game in the second quarter and hit four threes in a row, and Deron Williams added another, followed by one from Mehmet Okur, and a one-point game was suddenly a 13-point game.

But to Williams, who had a remarkable game to — as teammate Carlos Boozer put it — send a message that he should be in the All-Star Game, the real backbreaker was getting the Hornets' young All-Star and his good friend Chris Paul into early foul trouble.

Utah made a franchise-record fourteen 3-pointers, including a team-record seven in the second quarter, to run its winning streak to nine games, longest since 2000 for the Jazz and longest active streak in the NBA, in a 110-88 runaway at EnergySolutions Arena.

But sitting Paul on the bench for 21 minutes was as important to the win as the 64 percent shooting from beyond the arc to Williams.

"I think that was the key to the game,' he said. "They're definitely a different team with him out. Jannero (Pargo, who tied his season-high with 24 points) came in and did a great job of scoring the ball, but it's just a different look. They're a different team when (Paul's) not in, getting to the hole and passing, and that was really important.'

The Jazz could thank Williams for that, too.

Williams had 29 points and 11 assists and made 11 of 13 shots including 3-for-4 on threes, but he also picked up the first two fouls against Paul in the first five-plus minutes, making New Orleans coach Byron Scott sub for him quickly.

"He was in foul trouble pretty much the whole game," said Williams "I got that first cheap one on him, and I went to the hole and tried to post him up, and he got the second one, and that definitely hurt their team.'

Paul came back to play the second quarter and pick up six points and make two assists, but the Jazz had begun hitting threes by then, and he got his third and fourth fouls in the first five minutes of the third quarter as Utah sprinted to a lead of 22.

Meanwhile, Williams was directing a legendary night for Utah and complaining afterward about all the questions about playing against Paul, with whom he's always compared, and about not making the All-Star lineup yet.

"Just so y'all know,' said Carlos Boozer, whose 19 points and 17 boards gave him his 33rd double-double, "D-Will put on a show tonight to let the league know, the coaches know, that he should be in the All-Star Game. He should be, and he proved it tonight.'