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No Boozer, No Okur, No Sweat for Jazz

Lakers can't contain injury-depleted Utah, lose 120-96

By Katherine Thompson, Newser Staff

Posted Dec 1, 2007 6:10 AM CST

(Newser) – Deron Williams had a career-best 35 points in Utah's unexpected blowout of the Lakers last night, the Salt Lake Tribune reports. Playing without the injured Carlos Boozer and Mehmet Okur, the rest of the Jazz stepped up, with Paul Millsap posting 20 points and Andrei... Read full story »

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No Boozer, No Okur, No Sweat for Jazz

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