Utah Jazz: Win 6th in 7 games as Brewer leads team with 25 points

Gay left the team after Sunday's loss to the Los Angeles Clippers to tend to an undisclosed family matter, and Conley sat out with a strained left shoulder.

Without those two, the Grizzlies saw Utah's lead soar to as many as 27 during a third quarter in which Brewer had eight of his 25.

The period ended with a fastbreak layup and a circus shot from Brewer, who likes how the Jazz have been burying opponents.

"We are focusing on not letting teams get back in the game," he said. "Sometime we've staggered into the third quarter and not had a lot of intensity, but I think as of late ... were playing with a lot more intensity, a lot more focus."

"For us, that's progress," Boozer added. "I think it goes back to sharing the ball offensively, getting good shots and on the other side being focused on the finishing the possession off with a rebound or a steal."

NOTES: Sloan said he started Fesenko over Okur to start the second half because Okur had three fouls. Okur also got hit hard in the chest in the opening half. ... Each of Utah's victories in its current streak over the Grizzlies has been by double digits ... A Jazz employee hit his head on the floor during a first-half entertainment bit, but

according to a team spokesman he was "okay" afterward.

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