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[SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 30] –
Devin Brown held the ball in his heads during the dying seconds of the game against the Utah Jazz and his team down 95-93. He drives and takes the contact from Jazz center
Andrew Bogut and guard
Gordon Giricek, and manages to get the shot off somehow, but he does not get the whistle. But out of nowhere Spurs guard
Brent Barry comes in and tries to tip the ball in, but it hits the back of the iron and clanked into the hands of Bogut just as the buzzer sounded, ending the Spurs’ hope of winning.
This game was the first in 6 weeks for Jazz rookie forward
Charlie Villanueva, who broke a finger against the Portland Trailblazers in December and was out for 6 weeks, he will be 100% healed soon, the team doctor said. In his comeback game, Villanueva played 13 minutes while scoring 5 points as well as grabbing 2 rebounds, dishing out 2 assists, stealing the ball 3 times, and blocking 2 shots. “It felt pretty good to be back again, I’m not 100% right now, but I think in about a week I will be. I did pretty good on defense, but offensively I could use some more improvement, but no doubt its good to be playing again,” Villanueva told press after the game.
This was the first time the two teams have met this season, and the game started out tight, with the Spurs running out to a 23-19 lead at the end of the first. However the second was a complete flip, as the Jazz won it 23-19 and the two teams went into the half tied at 42. In the 3rd was when Villanueva first came in, and he played well, blocking Barry and even
Tim Duncan on one occasion, another note off the bench was forward
Darko Milicic, who again posted 10 points on solid 5-6 shooting, and also grabbed 3 rebounds.
The end of the game was a frenzy, with the Jazz going on a run and leading 93-87, backup point guard Beno Udrih grabbed a rebound and ran the length of the court, then jacked up and made a three. On the ensuing play, Giricek’s pass hit Bogut in the back and
Rasho Nesterovic threw it again to Udrih for yet another three to pull the game to a tie. The third time was not a charm however as the Jazz were able to inbound and forced the Spurs to foul. Though Bogut had missed all 3 of his free throws up to them, he was calm and sank the 2 game winning free throws.
The Spurs played 12th man
Sean Marks for 2 minutes in the 4th in which Marks scored 2 points and grabbed 2 offensive rebounds.
Tim Duncan: 1
Charlie Villanueva: 1 2
Udonis Haslem: 1 2
Emanuel Ginobili: 1
Andrei Kirilenko: 1
Sean Marks: 1 2
Darko Milicic: 1
Tony Parker: 1
Yuta Tabuse: 1
Miscellaneous: 1 2
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