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By DOUG ALDEN AP Sports Writer
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Shareef Abdur-Rahim scored 21 points, including a 3-pointer in the final minute, and the Sacramento Kings rallied from a 16-point deficit to beat the Utah Jazz 98-97 Friday night.
The Kings overcame a 13-point third quarter by scoring 32 in the fourth and winning when Utah's Derek Fisher and Deron Williams bounced shots off the rim in the last few seconds.
Mike Bibby carried Sacramento through its lowest-scoring period of the season with seven in the third, helping the Kings stay within range of coming back and evening the season series with Utah at 1-1.
It was just the second home loss of the season for the Jazz, who open a five-game trip Sunday at Indiana.
Williams had 15 points and nine assists and Carlos Boozer finished with 14 points and 11 rebounds for his 17th double-double of the season.
The Jazz rallied from 21 points down to win 110-101 in Sacramento on Nov. 22. Utah led by nearly that much, but this time the Jazz were the home team that blew the big lead.
After falling behind 88-72 on a jumper by Gordan Giricek early in the fourth quarter, the Kings slowly rallied and erased the huge deficit in the final minute.
Ron Artest made a 3-pointer that cut the margin to 88-75, starting a 21-5 run for the Kings.
Bibby converted a three-point play with 1:58 remaining to get Sacramento within 95-93. Utah led 97-95 with less than a minute to play when Abdur-Rahim got the ball alone in the corner and put up a 3 that gave Sacramento a 98-97 lead with 59 seconds left.
Boozer was off on a layup attempt with about 40 seconds left, and after Kevin Martin missed a shot for Sacramento, Utah had a chance to win it at the end.
Fisher had a good look from the corner, but the ball bounced off the rim. Andrei Kirilenko got the ball back out to Williams with about 5 seconds left, but Williams' attempt from beyond the arc was off and the Kings grabbed the rebound just before the buzzer.
Notes:@ The Jazz haven't won the season series against Sacramento since going 3-1 in 1999-00. ... Giricek scored 12 points after sitting through the last three games. ... The Jazz are 15-2 when Boozer has a double-double. ... Jazz owner Larry Miller presented Sloan with the game ball from his 1,000th win before the game, Utah's first at home since Sloan reached the milestone Monday.
(Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) APTV-12-15-06 2204MST
