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PHOENIX (AP) -- Carlos Boozer dunked with 31 seconds left for the go-ahead score and the Utah Jazz finished the game on a 13-3 run to beat the Phoenix Suns 108-104 on Friday night.
Boozer had 21 points and 12 rebounds for the Jazz, who trailed 101-95 after Leandro Barbosa's two free throws with 2:26 to play.
Phoenix still led 103-101 on Steve Nash's two free throws with 1:10 left. But Matt Harpring was fouled by James Jones on a layup and made the three-point play to put Utah ahead 104-103 with 57 seconds remaining.
Kurt Thomas made one free throw with 44 seconds left to tie it at 104.
Boozer broke free after a tussle with Thomas for the ball to get the go-ahead stuff. Barbosa missed an open baseline layup that would have tied it, then Derek Fisher made two free throws with 9.3 seconds left to seal the victory.
Barbosa, inserted into the starting lineup in place of Boris Diaw, scored 22 points, nine in the final 5½ minutes, but was just 5-for-15 from the field. Shawn Marion had 19 points and Nash added 17 points and 10 assists. Raja Bell scored 17 points before fouling out with 4:37 remaining.
Fisher scored 18 points and Harpring had 17 for Utah, which trailed by 15 in the third quarter. Andrei Kirilenko had 17 points and 14 rebounds for the Jazz, who outrebounded Phoenix 48-32. There were 69 free throws in the game -- Phoenix was 31-of-34, Utah 28-of-34.
Marion's 3-pointer and Bell's breakaway layup put Phoenix ahead 71-56 and drew a timeout by Jazz coach Jerry Sloan. Utah responded with a 10-0 surge, including two 3-pointers by Gordan Giricek, to cut it to 71-66 with 3:42.
Utah's run reached 21-5 and the Jazz took the lead 77-76 on two free throws with Fisher with 1:47 left in the third. Marion's 3-pointer put Phoenix back on top 79-77 and the Suns led 83-77 entering the fourth quarter.
Game notes The Suns reached a contract agreement with G-F Jalen Rose earlier in the day and expect him in uniform for Wednesday night's game in San Antonio. ... Marion had two steals and needs two more to become the fourth player in Suns history to reach 1,000 in his career. ... Sloan has a losing record against just three teams -- Phoenix (40-41), Indiana (21-23) and San Antonio (34-47). ... The Jazz blew a 13-point lead with 12 second-quarter turnovers.
