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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Andrei Kirilenko made six free throws in the final 1:05 and blocked Jameer Nelson's potential game-tying shot with nine-point-five seconds left to help the Utah Jazz hold off the Orlando Magic 90-to-85 tonight.
Kirilenko also knocked the ball away from DeShawn Stevenson on a three-point attempt in the final seconds after making two foul shots with five-point-nine seconds to play.
Kirilenko had 18 points, nine rebounds and six blocked shots.
Mehmet Okur scored 22 points for the Jazz, who squandered a 20-point lead and made just one field goal in the fourth quarter on 14 attempts. Deron Williams scored 15 points, including Utah's last field goal in the first minute of the final period.
Dwight Howard led Orlando with 18 points, while Carlos Arroyo and DeShawn Stevenson, both former Jazz players, each had 14. Stevenson and Nelson, who had ten points, both received technical fouls for cursing officials after Kirilenko's last block.
(Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) APTV-03-06-06 2213MST
