The Jazz take down Boston with a 96-91 victory.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – Matt Harpring scored 25 points and Karl Malone had 19 points and 12 rebounds as the Utah Jazz extended their winning streak to four games by beating the slumping Boston Celtics 96-91 Monday night.
John Stockton, who turns 41 on Wednesday, added 17 points and eight assists for the Jazz, who are No. 6 in the Western Conference playoff standings with 12 games left in the season.
Utah shot 50 percent in the second half (16-for-32) and held the Celtics to one field goal in the final two minutes.
Paul Pierce led the Celtics with 24 points and eight rebounds. Antoine Walker added 20 points for Boston, which has lost five straight for the first time under coach Jim O’Brien.
The Celtics were playing without starting center Tony Battie, who sat out with a sore left knee, and guard Tony Delk, whose father died Sunday.
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