Utah Jazz: Super shorthanded Jazz whip Mavericks

No Carlos Boozer? No Mehmet Okur? A 1-for-12 shooting night from Andrei Kirilenko? No problem.

The Utah Jazz rode career highs in scoring from Kosta Koufos and Kyrylo Fesenko along with solid contributions from C.J. Miles and Ronnie Brewer to a 97-88 win over the Dallas Mavericks at EnergySolutions Arena Friday night.

Koufos had 18 points on 8-for-11 shooting, besting his previous career high of 12 points. He chipped in with eight rebounds and a couple of assists and blocked. Fesenko had eight points, two more than his previous high. He added four rebounds in 15 minutes of action.

The Jazz used a 14-4 run to open the second quarter and opened a double-digit lead. If it weren't for the hot shooting of Jason Terry, who was 6 of 11 for 13 points in the opening half, and Dirk Nowitzki, who went 5 of 8 for 13 points, the Jazz may have blow it open for good.

Things didn't finish as well for the 7-foot all-star forward from Germany. Nowitzki finished with 17 points, but was ejected early in the fourth quarter with a Flagrant 2 foul when he threw a forearm into Matt Harpring.

Dallas narrowed the gap to as few as five in the fourth quarter, but Deron Williams made sure the Jazz were going to hold on for the win with a couple of driving layups and some free throws. Williams had 17 points and 13 assists.