NEW ORLEANS -- It was far from a thing of beauty, but it was Utah Jazz basketball at its grinding, blue-collar best. The Jazz forced 19 turnovers in the first three quarters and held the New Orleans Hornets scoreless for the first 6:51 of the second quarter en route to a 96-84 Wednesday night at the New Orleans Arena. Utah (9-7) earned just its third road victory this season in 10 tries. The Jazz hounded the Hornets (4-10) into nine turnovers and 5-of-14 shooting in a decisive 31-17 third quarter, extending their lead to 72-56. The Hornets never got closer than seven points the rest of the way. "In the second half, that's the way we want to play," Utah coach Tyrone Corbin said. "We want to play with a lot of energy and grit. We want to make people stop us at the rim before we go outside. That's our brand of basketball." The defensive pressure in the second quarter was particularly impressive. The Hornets went 17 consecutive possessions without a...
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PLAYERS:
Tyrone Corbin,
Al Jefferson,
Paul Millsap,
Marvin Williams,
Gordon Hayward,
Ryan Anderson,
Anthony Davis,
Greivis Vasquez,
Robin Lopez,
Monty Williams,
Maurice Williams,
Eric Gordon
TEAMS: Utah Jazz, New Orleans Hornets
TEAMS: Utah Jazz, New Orleans Hornets
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