Jazz's 12-game winning streak ends

Posted March 11, 2009 11:00 pm

Associated Press

Deron Williams knew the Jazz wouldn't go unbeaten through the end of the regular season.

Even so, Utah's star point guard wished his team had given itself a better chance against the Hawks to extend its winning streak to 13 games.

"We got a little complacent at the end of the game," Williams said. "We had stretches where we played well and where we played bad throughout the game. They got a lot of transition baskets at the end of the game, and that got the crowd into it."

Joe Johnson scored 31 points and Josh Smith had 22 points and 12 rebounds to help the Atlanta Hawks end Utah's 12-game winning streak with a 100-93 victory Wednesday night in Atlanta.

After Mehmet Okur's 20-footer gave Utah an 87-85 lead with 5:02 remaining, the Jazz (41-24) failed to score a field goal.

"No, we didn't run out of gas," Utah coach Jerry Sloan said. "We didn't come with gas early. Nobody cares what you did last night; you just come and play hard."

The Hawks, who ended Cleveland's 11-game winning streak on Dec. 13, led until Okur's straightaway 3-pointer put Utah up 62-60 at the 4:44 mark of the third quarter. Atlanta has won three straight.

In other games: Dwyane Wade scored 32 points, including the game-sealing 3-pointer with 34 seconds left, and host Miami held on to beat Boston 107-99. ... Reserve Nate Robinson scored 30 points to help the visiting New York Knicks rally for a 116-111 overtime victory over host Detroit. Antonio McDyess had 21 points and a career-high 22 rebounds - Detroit's first 20-20 game in over 11 years. ... Kobe Bryant scored 18 of his 37 points in the fourth quarter, winning a contentious duel with Ron Artest, and the Los Angeles Lakers ended Houston's 12-game, home-court winning streak with a 102-96 win.