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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Karl Malone flirted with the fourth triple-double of his career, but with a win over the Chicago Bulls
well in hand he was a spectator in the fourth quarter.
Malone finished with 26 points, nine rebounds and eight assists
through three quarters of Utah's 109-64 win over Chicago.
He snapped out of a three-game slump and shot 10-of-13 from the
field.
Jazz backup point guard Jacque Vaughn nearly had a triple-double
of his own, putting up a career-high 15 points, to go along with
eight rebounds and seven assists.
Reserve center Greg Ostertag scored a season-high 11 points and
had seven rebound and eight blocked shots.
"I don't want to take anything away from them, because they're
a young team," Ostertag said. "I think their youth is working
against them right now, but they're going to be good. They have a lot
of talent there."
Chicago, who dropped to 1-8 on the year, is in the middle of a
six-game road trip and it showed. The Bulls shot just 27 percent
for the game.
"It was a dominating performance on their part, both
offensively and defensively," said Chicago coach Tim Floyd. "They
did a great job of taking away our interior and one of the primary
difference was their points in the paint."
Utah held a 54-22 edge on scoring in the paint, and outrebounded
the Bulls 63-38.
Utah put the game out of reach with 15-8 run to start the
quarter that was keyed by Malone's 13-point third quarter.
The Bulls were led by Elton Brand's 23 points, but Brand made
just 5-of-16 shots from the field. The Bulls' 64 points is the
fewest the Jazz have allowed in franchise history.
Game notes
Jazz guard John Starks missed Saturday's game to be with
his mother, who is ill. The Jazz aren't sure if Starks will be back
for Monday's game against Dallas. ... Coach Jerry Sloan opted to
give first-round draft pick DeShawn Stevenson his first start of
the season. He scored two points and had two assists in 22 minutes.
... This was an extreme case of youth against experience. The Jazz
are second oldest team in the NBA (behind Portland) with an average
age of 30.3 years. Chicago is the youngest. The Bulls' average age
is just 23.4. ... Utah's margin of victory was the second-largest
in franchise history. The Jazz beat the Milwaukee Bucks 144-96 in
1990.
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Toronto 111
Milwaukee 102
Washington 109
Boston 89
Minnesota 94
Atlanta 84
Miami 86
Portland 80
New Jersey 97
Indiana 92
Houston 94
Phoenix 89
Denver 87
LA Lakers 86
Utah 109
Chicago 64
Dallas 91
Vancouver 88
Seattle 86
LA Clippers 83
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