SALT LAKE CITY — Deron Williams had 31 points and 11 assists and the Jazz snapped the Lakers’ seven-game winning streak with a 113-109 victory Wednesday night.
Mehmet Okur scored 22 points, CJ Miles had 17 and Ronnie Brewer added 16 to give the injury-plagued Jazz its fourth victory in five games.
“It was a playoff type of game, very physical. Especially in the last four minutes or so nothing was going to be easy,” Okur said.
Kobe Bryant scored 37 points and Lamar Odom had 19 points and 19 rebounds, but the Lakers allowed the Jazz to shoot a season-high 58.6 percent.
“We just didn’t play well defensively. We didn’t play hard enough on defense. We played lazy. They got a lot of points in the paint and some of that may be tired legs,” Bryant said.
The Jazz didn’t score from the field and made 2-for-8 from the free-throw line in a nearly four-minute stretch in the fourth quarter to give the Lakers a last gasp.
“Missing those free throws looked like it was going to be our Achilles’ heel,” Jazz coach Jerry Sloan said.
Odom and Bryant combined for 10 points and Bryant’s 3-pointer gave the Lakers their first lead of the fourth quarter, 105-104, at the 1:36 mark.
Sandwiched around Bryant’s steal and layup, Paul Millsap converted a three-point play for Utah and Okur hit a 3-pointer to put Utah up, 110-107.
Williams made 3-of-6 free throws in the last 25 seconds while Derek Fisher missed two 3-point attempts and Bryant misfired once to clinch the Jazz win.
“Deron is better than I thought he was, which is saying a lot,” Bryant said.
