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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Andrei Kirilenko had 21 points, five blocks and five assists as the Utah Jazz beat the Denver Nuggets 103-to-90 tonight.
Mehmet Okur had 28 points and eleven rebounds and Milt Palacio added 12 points and seven assists for the Jazz, who ended a three-game losing streak and cut into the Nuggets' slight lead in the Northwest Division.
Utah shot 55 percent and finished with a 40-to-23 rebounding advantage over the Nuggets, who played without Marcus Camby as he rested a strained muscle in his left shoulder.
Carmelo Anthony scored 20 points and Andre Miller had 15 points and nine assists for Denver.
The Nuggets shot nearly 60 percent in the first half, but couldn't overcome going six-for-20 from the floor in the third period.
(Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) APTV-02-01-06 2126MST
