Utah Jazz Team Report - February 26

(Basketball News) - Andrei Kirilenko scored 24 points, including seven in overtime, leading the Utah Jazz to a 93-92 overtime win against Seattle on Wednesday at KeyArena.

Carlos Arroyo scored 16 points and handed out six assists, while Raja Bell contributed 12 points off the bench. Gordan Giricek added 12 for Utah, which completed the home-and-home sweep. The Jazz bested Seattle 99-86 on Tuesday night.

Trailing by nine early in the fourth quarter, the Jazz went on a 13-0 spurt, turning the deficit into a four-point advantage. Greg Ostertag’s inside basket capped the burst, making it a 78-74 game with 6:30 left.

Ray Allen’s trey stopped the bleeding, making it a 78-77 game, with 5:15 left. The next several minutes the game would go back and forth. With the game tied Utah had a chance to win it, but Arroyo’s shot was off the mark as time expired.

Allen opened the extra session with a jumper, giving Seattle an 86-84 lead. However, Utah would close the game by scoring nine of the final 15 points.

Kirilenko’s three-pointer gave the Jazz a 91-89 lead and his tip-in with nine seconds left iced the game, making it 93-89.

Ostertag finished with five points and 12 rebounds for the Jazz, who defeated the Sonics for the third time this season and became the first road team in this series to win in the last nine matchups. It was also just their fifth win in their last 12 visits to the Emerald City.

Utah, which will close a two-game road trip in Sacramento on Friday, won for just the fifth time in its last 15 games on the road and improved to 9-20 away from home this season.

The Jazz have already lost three times to the Kings this season and have lost the last four and 12 of the last 13 matchups in this series. Utah has also dropped five of its last six in Sacramento.