{"id":346483,"date":"2011-03-29T05:46:27","date_gmt":"2011-03-29T05:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/29\/wizards-beat-jazz-for-second-road-win-ap\/"},"modified":"2011-03-29T05:46:27","modified_gmt":"2011-03-29T05:46:27","slug":"wizards-beat-jazz-for-second-road-win-ap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/29\/wizards-beat-jazz-for-second-road-win-ap\/","title":{"rendered":"Wizards beat Jazz for second road win (AP)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP)\u2014For rookie John Wall<\/a>(notes)<\/a>,<\/span> March Madness meant helping the
\nWashington Wizards<\/a> avoid making NBA history as a one-win road team.<\/p>\n

He ensured that, scoring a game-high 28 points Monday as the Wizards beat
\nthe struggling Utah Jazz<\/a>, 100-95 in overtime for only their second road win of
\nthe season.<\/p>\n

The Wizards avoided sharing the dubious honor with Sacramento, which holds
\nthe NBA record for fewest road victories as the Kings went 1-40 in 1990-1991.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s great,\u201d Wall said. \u201cWe didn\u2019t want to go in the record books. But
\nwe also wanted to compete. Coach wanted to know who was going to come out here
\nand compete on back-to-backs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Coming off a loss Sunday night at Golden State and with five players out
\nbecause of injury, the task fell to rookies Jordan Crawford<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> and Wall.<\/p>\n

Wall, feeding off the energy from his Final Four-bound Kentucky Wildcats,
\ncarried the load early. He scored 24 of his 28 points in the first half as
\nWashington took a 51-43 lead.<\/p>\n

Then, Crawford, a rookie out of Xavier, stepped in. He hit a 15-footer with
\n4.4 seconds remaining in regulation to force overtime, then made two key steals
\nat the beginning of overtime. Maurice Evans<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> also scored seven of his 12 points
\nin overtime<\/p>\n

Of Crawford\u2019s 25 points, eight came in the fourth quarter and four were in
\novertime.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was great,\u201d JaVale McGee<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> said. \u201cEverybody was happy, jumping around,
\nclapping hands.\u201d<\/p>\n

The loss, meanwhile, dropped the Jazz to a new low. It was their sixth
\nstraight as they fell to 36-39.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt don\u2019t hurt no more than it did against the second-best team in the
\nWest, the Mavericks,\u201d Jazz forward Paul Millsap<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> said referring to Saturday
\nnight\u2019s fourth-quarter collapse. \u201cIt\u2019s losing, period.\u201d<\/p>\n

C.J. Miles<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> led the Jazz with 17 points, but he shot only 3 of 12 from
\n3-point range and was 1 of 4 in overtime.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s frustrating especially because they were open shots,\u201d said Miles,
\nwho has made only 7 of 34 from 3-point range in the last five games.<\/p>\n

Utah\u2019s trio of rookies\u2014Derrick Favors<\/a>(notes)<\/a>,<\/span> Gordon Hayward<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> and Jeremy Evans<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span>\u2014
\ncombined for 17 fourth-quarter points to get the Jazz back in the game after
\nthey trailed by 10 in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n

But Hayward and Evans both made key turnovers in overtime for the Jazz.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe young guys were playing well,\u201d said Jazz coach Ty Corbin, now 5-16
\nsince replacing the retired Jerry Sloan. \u201cThey played hard and I thought they
\ndeserved to be on the floor.\u201d<\/p>\n

Still, the loss gave Washington a series sweep. The Wizards won, 108-101 on
\nJan. 17. At the time, few realized it was the beginning of the end for the Jazz.<\/p>\n

They were 27-13 going into that game, but have gone 9-26 since to fall out
\nof the playoff hunt.<\/p>\n

It didn\u2019t help Monday that they made only 10 of 21 free throws.<\/p>\n

Al Jefferson<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> had 16 rebounds (10 in the first quarter), to go along with his
\n15 points, but he was on the bench late as the Jazz started looking to the
\nfuture.<\/p>\n

The Jazz\u2019s youth movement didn\u2019t surprise Wall.<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes you\u2019ve got to switch it up and see if you can find a spark,\u201d
\nWall said. \u201cCoach did that with us. One time, he had all five rookies on the
\ncourt. They just found a spark, got them back into the game (and Corbin) did a
\ngood job of keeping them in, let them keep fighting and they took the lead.
\nLuckily, we made a shot down the stretch to go into overtime.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Wizards entered having lost 10 straight on the road and were 1-35
\noverall on the road this season, their lone win coming at hapless Cleveland.<\/p>\n

Now they have two road wins.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe rookies definitely stepped up,\u201d said McGee, who finished with 11
\npoints and 17 rebounds. \u201cBut I don\u2019t consider them rookies anymore. It\u2019s the
\nsecond half of the season. They\u2019re damn near vets.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Wizards led 51-43 at halftime thanks to an impressive effort by Wall,
\nwho had 20 points in the first 16 minutes and 24 in the half. He made 10 of his
\nfirst 11 shots and all four free throws in the half.<\/p>\n

Wall leads all rookies in assists at 8.7 per game and ranks second among
\nrookies in scoring (16.1) But with so many players injured, he has been asked to
\nscore more.<\/p>\n

Wall admitted he\u2019s been feeding off Kentucky and March Madnesss. He entered
\nMonday\u2019s game averaging 18.5 points, 7.5 assists, 5.4 rebounds and 1.9 assists
\nin March.<\/p>\n

Jazz veteran Earl Watson<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> was outmatched against the rookie. On one play,
\nWall left Watson sliding backward on the ground. On another, Wall drove the lane
\nthen spun right past Watson for an easy layup.<\/p>\n

He didn\u2019t feel sorry for Watson.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis whole year, guys have been coming at me because I\u2019m a rookie and they
\naren\u2019t going to hold nothing back because of my age,\u201d Wall said.<\/p>\n

The Wizards were without five players: Nick Young<\/a>(notes)<\/a>,<\/span> Andray Blatche<\/a>(notes)<\/a>,<\/span> Josh
\nHoward<\/a>(notes)<\/a>,<\/span> Rashard Lewis<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> and Trevor Booker<\/a>(notes)<\/a>.<\/span> Young, who scored 25 points in the
\nfirst game against Utah, sat out the second half Sunday night against Golden
\nState because of a bruised left knee.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Jazz were without point guard Devin Harris<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> (hamstring) for
\nthe fourth straight game, and sent reserve center Kyrylo Fesenko<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> home before the
\ngame because of migraines.<\/p>\n

Andrei Kirilenko<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> missed his third straight game and remains on crutches
\nbecause of bruising to a nerve in his left knee.<\/p>\n

Notes: G Raja Bell<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> suffered a sprained right foot in the second half. X-rays
\nwere negative. \u2026 Corbin had a private meeting with Jefferson before Sunday\u2019s
\npractice to discuss Jefferson\u2019s ejection in the final minute against Dallas.
\n\u201cWe talked about; it\u2019s over,\u201d Corbin said. \u2026 Wall\u2019s 24 points in the first
\nhalf were the most by a Jazz opponent this season, topping the 24 LeBron James<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span>
\nscored in December.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n

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