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[Jazz Boxscore] [Kings Boxscore]

[SACRAMENTO, Feb. 5] – Today’s rematch between the Jazz and the Kings was much exciting as the game went into the final seconds. With the ball and down by one the King’s
Mike Bibby decided to win the game with a three pointer, but he missed and so did the tip by forward
Kenny Thomas. Jazz center
Mehmet Okur grabbed the ball and flung it to guard
Deron Williams, who threw the ball across the court to prevent from being fouled, and just like that the game was over and again the Jazz managed to escape the jaws of a close loss.
Again this game the Jazz performed better than the Kings, because they won and because they had better statistics in almost everything. Utah managed to win the rebounding race again with 32 to Sacramento’s 31, and dished out 32 assists to the Kings’ 24. The star of the game was Jazz forward
Andrei Kirilenko, who helped the Jazz keep their lead and played tough defense and forced some bad shots by the Kings’ forwards. Kirilenko tied with the Kings’
Bonzi Wells at 25 points, but he also grabbed 4 rebounds and dished out 8 assists, and was thus named the player of the game.
The Kings fell behind by a huge margin after it looked like they were closing in on the Jazz, and in the third was outscored by 7 to further increase their deficit. However in the 4th the backcourt of Bibby and Wells came alive hitting 2 three-pointers each while taking over the game for the Kings. However no matter how well a player performs, people are not going to remember him by how well he did during the course of the game, but instead how he performed when his team needed him to make the last second shot.
The Jazz’s schedule doesn’t get any easier from this game as they travel back home and prepare for the Chicago Bulls, a team who is always dangerous with the backcourt of
Ben Gordon and
Kirk Hinrich, as well as the extremely power frontcourt of
Eddy Curry and
Tyson Chandler.
Mike Bibby: 1
Andrei Kirilenko: 1 2
Peja Stojakovic: 1
Kenny Thomas: 1
Deron Williams: 1
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