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Yet for the life of him, Lepsis could not block out God. For many, the revelation Lepsis played high through the first six games of the Broncos' 2007 season was jolting.

Rookie Kosta Koufos scored a career-high 18 points and Deron Williams added 17 points and 13 assists as the short-handed Utah Jazz beat the Dallas Mavericks 97-88 on Friday night.

SALT LAKE CITY ? Rookie Kosta Koufos scored a career-high 18 points and Deron Williams added 17 points and 13 assists as the short-handed Utah Jazz beat the Dallas Mavericks 97-88 on Friday night.The Jazz was without Carlos Boozer, Paul Millsap and Mehmet Okur ? their top three scorers and rebounders ? but outran the weary Mavericks all game and ended Dallas? three-game winning streak.The Mavericks, who didn?t arrive in Utah until early Friday after playing in Portland the night before, also lost Dirk Nowitzki early in the fourth quarter when the former MVP was called for a flagrant foul under the basket.Nowitzki had 17 points and eight rebounds before he was tossed for backhanding Matt Harpring with 9:48 left in the game.Nowitzki backhanded Harpring in the mouth with 9:48 left to play after Utah?s Kyrylo Fesenko scored on an offensive rebound. After the ball went through the net, Harpring caught it and he and Nowitzki tangled under the basket. As they were breaking apart, Nowitzki fla

J.R. Smith dropped a game-high 27 points, hitting 7-of-11 from beyond the arc to lead the Denver Nuggets past the Philadelphia 76ers, 105-101, at the Pepsi Center.

Running out of forwards and centers, the Utah Jazz turned to rookie Kosta Koufos and seldom-used Kyrylo Fesenko. Both came through with career high scoring nights and anchored a patchwork lineup as Utah beat the weary Dallas Mavericks 97-88 on Friday night. Koufos scored 18 points and Fesenko added eight points as the short-handed Jazz pulled ahead early and never gave up the lead, ending Dallas'...

As a left tackle, Matt Lepsis was athletic enough to frustrate Dwight Freeney. Yet for the life of him, Lepsis could not block out God.

The Christmas Day game between the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics was the highest rated regular-season NBA game in four years.

The Christmas Day game between the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics was the highest rated regular-season NBA game in four years.

When Worrell Williams was a star high school linebacker in Sacramento, his college choice came down to nearby California or exotic Miami, where his older brother was a star. Although he decided to stay close to home, Williams knows more than most of his fellow Golden Bears about the unique Miami mystique they'll face in the Emerald Bowl.

Peoria Centra High School expected to have senior D. J. Richardson leading them this year. But Richardson, the Illini signee, moved to Findlay Prep in Las Vegas to improve his academic standing. In his absence, freshman Antonio 'Bo Bo' Drummond was given charge of running the team from his point guard spot.