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NBA: Sacramento 96, Utah 78

SACRAMENTO, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- Mike Bibby had 23 points, three rebounds and six assists Sunday to lead Sacramento to an easy 96-78 win over the Utah Jazz.

Kevin Martin added 20 points and four assists, Francisco Garcia had 11 points and five blocked shots, and both Kenny Thomas and Shareef Abdur-Rahim scored 10 points for the Kings (20-27).

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Sacramento, which won for only the third time in its last 10 games, bounced back after an 89-79 loss at Utah on Friday night.

Mehmet Okur had 25 points, eight rebounds and three assists; Matt Harpring scored 14 points; Andrei Kirilenko had 12 points, eight rebounds, four assists and three blocks; and Milt Palacio added 11 points and five assists for the Jazz (23-25), who had a two-game winning streak broken.

Both clubs had 37 rebounds. The Kings out-scored Utah, 31-20, in the fourth quarter to head off a late comeback attempt.

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