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Tuesday, Jan. 23 9:00pm ET
Jazz win despite 30 turnovers

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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- As Karl Malone observed, things can really change in a couple of weeks.

Malone scored 15 points in just 24 minutes as the Jazz picked up their sixth win in their last seven games following a five-game losing streak, 100-78 over Golden State on Tuesday night.

"Everything was going against us (during the losing streak) and now we're starting to turn it around. Tonight was another case of a good team effort all the way around," Malone said.

Donyell Marshall led five Utah players in double figures with 17 points and 12 rebounds.

John Stockton added 15 points on 6-of-6 shooting in only 21 minutes of play.

It didn't even matter that the Jazz set a season-high with 30 turnovers.

"I guess we have to take it a little bit more seriously when we pass the ball," Malone said.

"When you take a team like that and dismantle them like we did, you get careless with the basketball," John Starks added.

The Warriors, who played their fourth game in six days and were missing seven injured players, seemed too tired to take advantage of Utah's miscues.

"We were obviously overmatched tonight and then we didn't have a good shooting night, so we had no hope," said Golden State coach Dave Cowens, whose team shot 31 percent.

Antawn Jamison had 20 points for the Warriors, who had their two-game win streak snapped.

Dressing just nine players due to a rash of injuries, the Warriors were in a tough position from the start.

"We caught a team that was shorthanded obviously, but we had moments where we played very well," Utah coach Jerry Sloan said.

Many of those moments came early as Utah jumped to a 35-14 lead with 8:26 left in the second quarter.

Jamison had 10 points while the rest of the Warriors managed just four points on 1-of-18 shooting to that point in the game.

"We did a great job defensively. We limited Antawn and didn't let their other shooters get off. That's what we have to do, shut people down and get their key guys," Starks said.

The Jazz stretched their lead as wide as 48-22 with 2:43 left in the second quarter after back-to-back layups by Stockton before settling for a 52-31 halftime advantage.

With Erick Dampier, Danny Fortson, Chris Mills and Adonal Foyle already out indefinitely, the Warriors had their bench further shortened with recent assorted sprains to Larry Hughes (thumb), Chris Porter (ankle) and Vinny Del Negro (ankle).

Jacque Vaughn scored 14 and Greg Ostertag tied his season-high with 11 points for the Jazz, who shot 57 percent and never let their lead slip below 18 points in the second half.

With Dallas losing to Philadelphia, Utah moved into sole possession of first place in the Midwest Division with two games left on its unprecedented eight-game homestand.

"We've been playing well as a team and I think we're back on the right track now," said Ostertag, who blocked seven shots for the Jazz.

Things got so bad for the Warriors that the Delta Center crowd derisively urged Bob Sura to shoot each time he touched the ball in the fourth quarter and cheered loudly with he hit his second shot of the night (of 15 attempts).

The Warriors' only lead of the game was 2-0 and the game became sloppy once the Jazz grabbed the 20-plus point edge.

Game notes
The Warriors, who posted the opponent high point game against the Jazz in their 125-114 loss on December 9, tied the Jazz's opponent low half with 31 in the first half. ... Matchups forced 6-foot-7 Chris Mullin to guard Olden Polynice, a seven-footer. ... John Crotty played his first game for the Jazz after undergoing preseason knee surgery. Quincy Lewis replaced Crotty on the injured list with tendinitis in his right knee.
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