Allen, Sonics pummel Utah
SALT LAKE CITY – Ray Allen had 22 points and six assists as the Seattle SuperSonics won consecutive games for the first time under coach Bob Hill, beating the Utah Jazz 113-94 on Wednesday night.
Luke Ridnour added 17 points and seven assists and Rashard Lewis scored 16 for Seattle, which improved to 4-7 since Hill took over after Bob Weiss was fired Jan. 3.
Seattle’s Robert Swift added 12 rebounds in his second career start, and the Sonics shot 53 percent from the floor, including 7 for 13 from 3-point range.
Andrei Kirilenko had 24 points, 10 rebounds and six assists for the Jazz. Mehmet Okur had 20 points and 13 boards for Utah.
The Sonics were coming off a 152-149 double-overtime victory at Phoenix on Sunday and kept up the pace by opening up with an 11-2 run over the Jazz.
Seattle never allowed Utah to tie it from the time Allen put them ahead 2-0 with a 9-foot jump shot. Allen made 5 of 6 of his 3-point attempts, including three straight during one stretch of the first quarter.
Utah had only 10 players available because of injuries, but the Sonics had just 11 and only played 10. Every member of the Sonics scored at least five points and Ronald Murray, who scored 12, was the only Seattle player without a rebound.
The Sonics nearly let Utah back into it at the beginning of the second half when Okur hit a 3-pointer to cap a 7-0 run.
But Seattle responded with 11 straight points and held a double-figure lead the rest of the game.
Every time the Jazz would make a slight run, the Sonics would come back with a bigger one.
SuperSonics 113, Jazz 94
| FG | FT | Reb | |||||
| SEATTLE | Min | M-A | M-A | O-T | A | PF | PTS |
| Lewis | 21:11 | 6-11 | 3-3 | 1-4 | 1 | 4 | 16 |
| Radmanovic | 16:51 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-5 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Swift | 25:57 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 5-12 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| Ridnour | 36:18 | 8-14 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 7 | 2 | 17 |
| Allen | 33:08 | 8-18 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 6 | 2 | 22 |
| Collison | 18:21 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 2-7 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Petro | 22:03 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Wilkins | 26:49 | 5-8 | 5-6 | 2-4 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| Murray | 26:34 | 5-11 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| Moore | 12:48 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| Totals | 240:00 | 47-89 | 12-18 | 13-42 | 22 | 25 | 113 |
Percentages: FG .528, FT .667. 3-Point Goals: 7-13, .538 (Allen 5-6, Lewis 1-2, Murray 1-2, Radmanovic 0-1, Collison 0-1, Ridnour 0-1). Team Rebounds: 10. Team Turnovers: 8 (10 PTS). Blocked Shots: 5 (Swift 2, Collison, Wilkins, Petro). Turnovers: 8 (Ridnour 2, Radmanovic, Allen, Collison, Wilkins, Moore, Petro). Steals: 11 (Wilkins 3, Lewis 2, Radmanovic 2, Allen 2, Ridnour, Petro). Technical Fouls: Defensive Three Second, 4:28 second.
| FG | FT | Reb | |||||
| UTAH | Min | M-A | M-A | O-T | A | PF | PTS |
| Kirilenko | 41:33 | 9-21 | 5-8 | 2-10 | 6 | 2 | 24 |
| Okur | 39:20 | 7-13 | 5-5 | 4-13 | 2 | 2 | 20 |
| Collins | 20:43 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| McLeod | 22:02 | 2-6 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Brown | 30:48 | 3-11 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Palacio | 26:29 | 5-9 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| Ostertag | 9:23 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Humphries | 21:10 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| DWilliams | 21:01 | 5-7 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| Owens | 7:31 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 240:00 | 35-77 | 20-27 | 11-37 | 22 | 16 | 94 |
Percentages: FG .455, FT .741. 3-Point Goals: 4-16, .250 (McLeod 1-3, Brown 1-3, Kirilenko 1-4, Okur 1-4, Palacio 0-2). Team Rebounds: 8. Team Turnovers: 14 (13 PTS). Blocked Shots: 3 (Okur, McLeod, Ostertag). Turnovers: 12 (Brown 4, Okur 2, D.Williams 2, Collins, Kirilenko, Humphries, Ostertag). Steals: 5 (Humphries 3, McLeod 2). Technical Fouls: None.
| Seattle | 28 | 27 | 27 | 31—113 |
| Utah | 18 | 21 | 25 | 30—94 |
A—19,382 (19,911). T—2:00.