Utah Jazz Team Report - November 20 11.20.2003
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(Basketball News) - The Utah Jazz lost for the fourth time in six games with a 118-110 setback to the Sacramento Kings at the Delta Center on Wednesday evening.
Carlos Arroyo had 25 points and eight assists and Andrei Kirilenko scored 22 for the Jazz. DeShawn Stevenson added 21 points in the loss, while Matt Harpring added 19 points and nine rebounds.
Sacramento shot a blistering 58-percent(40-of-69) from the field to defeat the Jazz, who made a respectable 47-percent (41-of-87) of their shots.
These teams were meeting for the first time since Sacramento eliminated the Jazz in five games in the first round of the 2003 NBA playoffs.
The Kings have won three straight regular-season meetings with the Jazz and have also won seven consecutive times in Utah. The Jazz last beat the Kings at home on April 19, 2000.
Utah returns to the court Friday night when it welcomes the Milwaukee Bucks to the Delta Center for the third contest of a six-game homestand.