Ronnie Price News

The Jazz have five games still to go in a six-game homestand that continues with Tuesday night's visit from Oklahoma City, and they're three games into a favorable stretch with 11-of-14 being played at EnergySolutions Arena.

Utah Jazz's Wes Matthews, right, tries to get a shot past Philadelphia 76ers' Willie Green in the second half of an NBA basketball game, Friday, Nov.

The folks back home missed out on a chance to see one native son play against the other.

Deron Williams scored 21 points and the Utah Jazz ended their decade-long misery in San Antonio with a 90-83 win over the Spurs on Thursday night.

Carlos Boozer scored 22 points and Deron Williams scored 20 in his return to the lineup Wednesday, carrying the Utah Jazz to a 104-91 win over Toronto.

Rookie Eric Maynor is getting some playing time for the short-handed Utah Jazz because of injuries.

The way they played Friday in Deron Williams' absence, Eric Maynor and Wesley Matthews might be allowed to lose the pink "We love to sparkle" backpacks they've had to carry around this season as part of their rookie initiation.

Longtime Jazz assistant coach Phil Johnson was reading a game report last week when he noticed something about talk-of-the-town rookies Wesley Matthews and Eric Maynor that popped off the page.

Philadelphia ? The screaming and shouting only grew louder from inside the Jazz 's locker room Friday as coach Jerry Sloan talked to reporters in a hallway outside, the cries of celebration rarely heard in the NBA after a regular-season victory in November.

Eric Maynor tormented the University of Delaware men's basketball team throughout his college career at Virginia Commonwealth.

Carlos Boozer poured in 24 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, as the Utah Jazz used a balanced attack to dominate the Philadelphia 76ers, 112-90, at the Wachovia Center.

It was over so quickly that the 76ers didn't know what hit them. That's not entirely true.

The Jazz's defense in Wednesday night's 105-86 loss at Boston was as bad as it looked, coach Jerry Sloan suggested Thursday.

On Wednesday morning, Deron Williams indicated he probably wouldn't play. On Wednesday night, he did.

TV - CSN. Radio - WEEI-AM Team Leaders Scoring Bos: Pi erce - 18.8 Jazz: Deron Williams - 21.4 Rebounding Bos: Ga rnett - 8.3 Jazz: Carlos Boozer - 11.6 Assists Bos: Ron do - 9.0 Jazz: Williams - 10.7 Who'll go off: The entire Celtics team.

How much of a graveyard has Madison Square Garden been for the Jazz in recent seasons? Consider that they started Andrei Kirilenko, Sasha Pavlovic, Jarron Collins, Carlos Arroyo and Michael Ruffin the last time they won at the world's most famous arena.

With games coming at Boston and Cleveland, Utah's road trip is about to get tougher.

Jazz combo guard Ronnie Price exited after injuring his left big toe in the second quarter, and did not play in the second half of Monday night's win over the New York Knicks.

Sean May runs over Ronnie Price, in NBA action, Utah Jazz vs. the Sacramento Kings, in Salt Lake City, Saturday, November 7, 2009 If the Utah Jazz didn't hit rock bottom Saturday night, they must certainly see it from here.

Beno Udrih caught Andrei Kirilenko on a mismatch, and raced past the small forward.