Jump to content

Utah at Charlotte


 Share

Recommended Posts

  • 3 months later...
  • Owner
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Utah coach Tyrone Corbin preached to his team before the game not to take the Charlotte Bobcats for granted.

 

Apparently his team listened.

 

Al Jefferson had 26 points and eight rebounds, and the Jazz posted a wire-to-wire 112-102 victory Wednesday night against the Bobcats for their fourth win in five games.

 

Jefferson was 11 of 15 from the field and the Bobcats simply had no answer for the 6-foot-10 center in the paint.

 

Paul Millsap chipped in with 19 points and Gordon Hayward was 4 of 5 from 3-point range for 14 points as the Jazz made light work of the Bobcats' zone defense, shooting 54 percent from the field.

 

"They tried to double-team me and Paul got off," Jefferson said. "They start worrying about Paul, I got off. They start worrying about both of us, Gordon and [DeMarre Carroll] and all those guys start hitting big shots. It just all worked out."

 

Utah led from the opening tip, building a 19-point halftime lead. The Jazz (19-18) never allowed the Bobcats to get any closer than 10 in the second half and moved back above .500.

 

"We wanted to make sure that we didn't come out and take these guys for granted," Corbin said. "They play hard and they played hard for an entire 48 minutes. They can make shots and attack the basket hard."

 

Ben Gordon led six Bobcats in double figures, scoring 20 points. Michael Kidd-Gilchrist had 15 points and eight rebounds, while Gerald Henderson, Ramon Sessions and Kemba Walker each had 14 points for the Bobcats (9-25).

http://www.cbssports.com/nba/gametracker/recap/NBA_20130109_UTA@CHA

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

Loading...
 Share

×
×
  • Create New...