Carlos Boozer poured in 34 points (13-of-17 FGs, 8-of-9 FTs), 14 rebounds, four assists and four steals in Tuesday's win over the Clippers, Utah's ninth consecutive victory.
The Jazz are red-hot going into the All-Star break, and Boozer hasn't missed a beat since returning from his calf injury. His name is no longer appearing in many trade rumors and it seems like Utah hopes to keep this chemistry going into the postseason.
Lamar Odom intends to play vs. the Jazz on Wednesday despite a sore right foot.
He had a CT scan and MRI on Tuesday, both of which came back negative. He is officially 'probable' and with Andrew Bynum (hip) ruled out we fully expect a big night from Lamar.
Carmelo Anthony scored 19 points vs. the Mavericks on Tuesday, as the Nuggets celebrated his return from an ankle injury with their biggest victory of the season.
Denver led by 26 points at halftime, then cruised to a 36-point margin of victory. Melo made 8-of-16 FGs with three 3-pointers, four rebounds and six assists in 30 minutes -- clearly it's safe to get him back into all lineups.
Patrick Kane scored two goals in Chicago's 4-3 shootout win over the Dallas Stars Tuesday night.
It was Kane's 23rd and 24th goals of the season. It was his third two goal game of the season, and he is just one goal shy of his career high of 25 that he set last season. Patrick Sharp assisted on both of Kane's goals.
Patrick Kane scored two goals as the Blackhawks defeated the Dallas Stars 4-3 in a shootout Tuesday night.
Kane now has 24 goals this season, including 64 points. The all-star for the Blackhawks is well on his way to setting a personal record for goals and points. Kris Versteeg scored the winning goal in the shootout for Chicago in the fifth round.
Paul Kariya had two goals in the Blues 4-3 shootout win over the Detroit Red Wings Tuesday night.
He also fired a game high seven shots on goal. Kariya is having one of the worst seasons of his impressive career, but hopefully this performance is the beginning of a turnaround for the Vancouver native. Andy McDonald scored the other goal for St. Louis.
Aaron Brooks was held to 10 points on atrocious 3-of-16 shooting in Tuesday's loss to the Heat. He added just one assist, while turning the ball over four times.
After the game Dwyane Wade said, "We knew who was the head of the snake on their team ... We knew we had to be there when Aaron Brooks turned corners." Hopefully every team doesn't start to plot their strategy against Houston's speedy PG.
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