Utah Jazz dig win out of huge hole
Whatever the Jazz's start in their 103-92 victory Wednesday at New Jersey is to be tagged, it's the rest that will remembered.
Because while not the mother of all comebacks that would be their down-by-34-in-the-second-half 1996 rally against Denver, which still stands as an NBA record this one was a true beaut for the Jazz.
Down by as many as 22 points late in the opening quarter, Utah rallied to snap a two-game losing streak with three starters watching from the bench throughout the second quarter, two of the aforementioned sitting the entire second half as well, and its coach in the locker room.
The Jazz did it behind a 40-23 fourth quarter, a game-high 23 points from center Mehmet Okur that included 10-of-10 shooting from the free-throw line; a 13th straight double-double (18 points, 12 rebounds) from Millsap, who was making his 14th straight start in place of injured All-Star power forward Carlos Boozer; 18 points from backup shooting guard Kyle Korver, including two dagger jumpers late in the fourth; and a double-double from point guard Deron Williams.
The Jazz hit just 3-of-19 from the field in the disastrous 27-7 first quarter the lowest-scoring opening 12 minutes in franchise history, one point worse than the previous total of eight.
Only a late jumper from sporadically-used shooting guard Morris Almond, in fact, kept it from tying as the lowest-scoring Jazz quarter any quarter ever.
None of Utah's starters played in the period's final two minutes, and the trio of Williams, shooting guard Ronnie Brewer and small forward C.J. Miles sat for all of the ensuing quarter.
And none of the Jazz's first five even made a jumper in the first, with a Brewer fastbreak dunk joining a layup from reserve center Kosta Koufos as their only other two buckets from the floor.
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