Utah Jazz put wrap on successful homestand

SALT LAKE CITY — It wasn't exactly Sundiatasensational.

Then again, it wasn't for 3 and the win against LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers on TNT either.

But Paul Millsap did hit a rather uplifting trey at the end of the third quarter Saturday night at EnergySolutions Arena, helping the Jazz take a quite comfy 18-point advantage into the final 12 minutes of their 112-95 blowout victory over the Milwaukee Bucks.

Utah maintained its double-digit lead throughout the fourth on a night C.J. Miles had a team-high 19 points off the bench and shot 8-of-11 from the field, Deron Williams scored 18 points with 7-for-11 shooting, Carlos Boozer (13 points, 12 rebounds) had his 26th double-double of the season, Mehmet Okur (15 points, 12 boards) had his fifth and Andrei Kirilenko added 12 points while shooting 5-for-7.

It was the fourth straight win and fifth in their last six games for the 23-17 Jazz, who still seemed to be riding high from a Thursday win over the Cavs made possible by an improbable buzzer-beater from undrafted rookie and 10-day contract player Sundiata Gaines.

"We showed a lot of heart, a lot of maturity," Millsap said, "coming in knowing we had played a big game, then were coming into the next game against a team we know we're supposed to beat."

The 16-22 Bucks have lost four of their last five, had just won a tough one Friday night at Golden State and were on stop No. 5 of a six-game Western trip.

They were without third-leading scorer and longest-tenured Buck Michael Redd, who is out for the season with a devastating knee injury sustained on the first game of this very same trip.

And they were struggling so much early on Saturday night that coach Scott Skiles had all five starters on the bench less than four minutes into the game, including former University of Utah big man Andrew Bogut, who was pulled for the first time after playing just a minute-and-a-half.

Still, Utah found a way to leave Jazz coach Jerry Sloan feeling a bit miffed.

"We got off to a good start and got a good lead going," he said, "and it looked like we got really casual out there."

The Jazz jumped out to a 16-3 advantage, led late in the first quarter by as many as 16 and went into halftime up 13 at 60-47.

But when Ronnie Brewer missed a 19-foot jumper and Charlie Bell scored on the other end with 7:50 left in the third, Utah's lead was down to five at 69-64.