CLIPPERS GO COLD, MALONE GETS HOT : UTAH 94, CLIPPERS 79.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Karl Malone Maurice Taylor Maurice De Shawn Taylor (born October 30, 1976 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American professional basketball player at the power forward position. He was most recently with the NBA's Sacramento Kings, released on January 23, 2007. scored 21 points for the Clippers, who shot 34 percent from the field and missed 12 of 14 shots from 3-point range in front of a half-empty Staples Center This article has multiple issues: * Its neutrality is disputed. * It may contain original research or unverifiable claims. * It does not cite any references or sources. . The closest the Clippers got in the second half was 49-43 on Taylor's running jumper with 7:23 left in the third quarter. But the Jazz got 12 points in the quarter from Malone, including a short jumper that increased Utah's margin to 65-52 seconds after Greg Ostertag Gregory Donovan Ostertag (born March 6 1973, in Dallas, Texas) is a retired American basketball player in the NBA, who spent most of his career with the Utah Jazz. He measures 7'2" (2.18 m) and played center. blocked Derek Anderson's layup. Utah opened the fourth quarter with a 14-foot jumper by Howard Eisley and a layup by Bryon Russell to take a 74-56 lead, its biggest to that point. The Clippers got no closer than 11 the rest of the way. Lamar Odom, the Clippers' top draft pick who averaged 23.7 points in his first three NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= games, missed his first six attempts from the field and finished with 10 points on 2-for-10 shooting. The highlight for Odom came in the third minute of the game, when the 6-foot-10 rookie blocked a layup by Malone after John Stockton's steal triggered a four-on-one break. Although Eric Piatkowski sat out his third straight game because of bruised ribs and Eric Murdock was sidelined with a sore right knee, Clippers coach Chris Ford decided to go with a seven-man rotation the entire game and watched his team slip to 2-2. Jeff Hornacek paced the Jazz (2-2) to a 25-16 lead after one quarter with 12 of his 16 points. Utah led 45-35 at halftime despite a second quarter Russell would like to forget. CAPTION(S): chart CHART: game recap |
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