Fast finish gives Jazz win over Suns

PHOENIX -- The Utah Jazz went on a scoring binge against Phoenix on Friday night. Everybody’s doing that against the struggling Suns these days.

Carlos Boozer scored 17 of his 23 points in the second half, including a tough eight-foot bank shot with 31.1 seconds to play, and the Jazz handed the Suns their third consecutive home loss, 126-118.

Phoenix fell to 3-6 since Shaquille O’Neal joined the lineup.

Kyle Korver scored all 14 of his points in the fourth quarter, making all three of his shots, including a three-point basket, and making all seven of his free throws.

Deron Williams had 25 points and 15 assists and Mehmet Okur had 25 points, including four of six-pointers, and grabbed 14 rebounds to give the Jazz its fourth win in a row and just its 14th in 33 games on the road this season.

“We played pretty well,” usually hard-to-please Jazz Coach Jerry Sloan said. “We got the ball where we wanted to go with it. Deron was terrific getting us where we wanted to go.”

Amare Stoudemire scored 37 points, O’Neal had 20 points -- his highest-scoring game with Phoenix -- and Steve Nash had 17 points and 15 assists.

Raja Bell score 19 points. Phoenix is 8-0 when he scores at least 20.