Al Jefferson had 22 points, 11 rebounds and four points to lead the Utah Jazz 109-88 victory Monday night over the injury depleted Milwaukee. Deron Williams had 22 points the Jazz (14-5), who won six times.

Brandon Jennings led Milwaukee (6-11) with 27 points, while Ersan Ilyasova added $ 18. Milwaukee, injuries and missing three key players in July 1912 in three pointers in the first half to keep it close. But the Bucks could not keep Utah in the game without big men Andrew Bogut and Drew Gooden.

Jazz will be held on the front edge of the paint 54-18 and 48-26 rebounds. They also had 10 blocked shots. On the flip side, Utah committed 20 turnovers.Bucks were without Bogut (left), Gooden (foot) and Carlos Delfino (strained neck), three players who together had an average of 35.6 points and 22.3 rebounds per game.

Corey Maggette adapted to Milwaukee on Monday, but struggled against the flu and did not play for the Bucks, who have relied on only nine players. worked lineup Saturday night against Carolina, but not against the hot jazz that had begun a period of six home games. Andrei Kirilenko added 13 points and four blocks in Utah and Raja Bell scored 10 points.Utah shot 54.8 percent on the field.

Bucks relied heavily on 3-point shooting (10 of 23) in an attempt to stay in the game, and led briefly in the second quarter.Utah opened the fourth quarter with a great race to seal the victory. Jazz again took some big contributions from their bench, with the security guard give Utah the first half strong. Ronnie Price had a backlog of flights to both hands, and Earl Watson blocked a shot from 05.05 Bucks guard Earl Boykins, then placed in a 3-pointer at the buzzer to give Utah a 60-52 advantage in changing heading.

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