D-Will, Utah Jazz win rematch vs. 76ers

Andre Miller might have got Round 1 last month, but Deron Williams won the rematch tonight.

The outcome for the teams, however, remained the same as Williams sparked the Utah Jazz to a second TKO of the Philadelphia 76ers this season.

After a slow start, Williams heated up to score 27 points on 11-for-18 shooting in the Jazz's 112-95 blowout win at EnergySolutions Arena.

Williams scored nine points in the second quarter as Utah turned a four-point lead into a 51-43 edge. He added 11 points in the third as the Jazz stretched their advantage to 15 heading into the fourth.

Philly never challenged after that.

That was much improved from the point guard's seven-point outing on 1-1/2 legs on Nov. 11, which was his first appearance of the season after suffering a preseason ankle injury.

Miller scored 25 points with six assists in their one-sided showdown in Philly, but the former University of Utah star only had 13 points tonight.

Mehmet Okur scored 19 with 10 rebounds after returning from a lower-back injury that kept him out of the past three games.

Andrei Kirilenko also had a double-double in his third straight start in place of the injured Paul Millsap (and Carlos Boozer). Kirilenko had 16 points and 13 rebounds.

The game came on the one-year anniversary for when Kyle Korver joined the Jazz via a trade for Gordan Giricek and a to-be-determined draft pick.

Korver had 12 points against his old team.

The Jazz (19-14) have three days off before traveling to take on the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday night.

Andre Iguodala and Thaddeus Young each scored 17 points to top the 12-18 Sixers.

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