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NBA: Utah 108, New Orleans 94

(Boxscore)
Published: April 5, 2009 at 10:13 PM

NEW ORLEANS, April 5 (UPI) -- Ronnie Brewer, Deron Williams and Mehmet Okur combined for 62 points Sunday, helping the Utah Jazz whip the New Orleans Hornets 108-94.

Brewer scored 23 points, Williams 21 and Okur 18, and Andrei Kirilenko added 16 and Carlos Boozer 10 for the Jazz, who ran up a 41-19 lead after one quarter en route to ending a three-game losing streak.

David West posted 23 points, Rasual Butler had 21 and Chris Paul 19 for the Hornets.

New Orleans is in sixth place and Utah seventh in the Western Conference playoff picture.

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