In brief: Jazz pull off another road comeback
Deron Williams scored 30 points, Paul Millsap added 23 and the Utah Jazz rallied again for a 104-94 victory over the Orlando Magic on Wednesday night at Orlando, Fla.
A night after a 22-point comeback victory in overtime at Miami, the Jazz went down 18 points in the third quarter, but came back to stun Orlando. Al Jefferson had a huge hook over Dwight Howard, and Williams followed with a jumper over Nelson with 46.5 seconds remaining to give Utah an eight-point lead and cap the comeback.
Vince Carter had 20 points and Nelson returned from a sprained left ankle to score 19 points for the Magic, who had their four-game winning streak snapped and lost for the first time in the new Amway Center.
• Terry leads Mavs with Nowitzki hobbled: Jason Terry scored 25 points, and Shawn Marion added 20 to lead the Dallas Mavericks to a 106-91 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies at Memphis, Tenn.
Dirk Nowitzki had 12 points and 10 rebounds for Dallas despite an ankle injury in the second quarter. The ankle was re-taped at halftime, and Nowitzki returned to the game to start the second half.
• Wright was shot at least five times: An autopsy shows former NBA player Lorenzen Wright, whose body was found in July, died after being shot at least five times.
The autopsy report released by the Shelby County (Tenn.) Medical Examiner says Wright was shot twice in the head, twice in the chest and once in the right forearm. The autopsy said the body was badly decomposed and that there could have been more gunshots.
The 34-year-old Wright had been missing for 10 days when his body was found July 28 in woods on Memphis’ outskirts. No arrests have been made, and police haven’t offered a motive.
NHL: Derek Roy and Thomas Vanek scored shootout goals and the Buffalo Sabres won in Lindy Ruff’s 1,000th game as their coach, beating the reeling New Jersey Devils 5-4 at Newark, N.J.
Roy, Jason Pominville, Tyler Myers and Tyler Ennis scored for the Sabres and backup goaltender Jhonas Enroth made 28 saves to help Buffalo keep the Devils’ winless (0-5-2) at home.
• Quick-scoring Coyotes beat Chicago: Kyle Turris and Wojtek Wolski scored 35 seconds apart in the second period and backup Jason LaBarbera made 35 saves in the Phoenix Coyotes’ 2-1 victory over the host Chicago Blackhawks.
Fifth-ranked Pitt strolls to 2-0 mark
Men’s basketball: Ashton Gibbs scored 24 points, Brad Wanamaker added 17 and No. 5 Pittsburgh opened an 18-point lead midway through the first half while cruising to its second victory in three nights, 97-54 over Illinois-Chicago at Pittsburgh.
The Panthers (2-0) didn’t need long to take control in the 2K Sports Classic game against the Flames (0-1), a Horizon League member coming off an 8-22 season.
NFL: Starting quarterbacks enjoy deferential treatment, and Chad Pennington is again No. 1 quarterback for the Miami Dolphins as coach Tony Sparano pulled the plug on the Chad Henne experiment in favor of a 34-year-old coming off the latest operation on his right shoulder.
• Lions turns to Hill: Shaun Hill is back as Detroit’s starting quarterback, and the Lions are moving on again without injured Matthew Stafford.
Stafford hurt his right shoulder last weekend against the New York Jets and will miss at least Sunday’s game at Buffalo. Hill, who broke his left arm against the New York Giants on Oct. 17, worked with the first team during the practice.
• Steelers lose another starting tackle: Pittsburgh left tackle Max Starks needs surgery to repair a disc injury in his neck and will miss the rest of the season, leaving the Steelers without both of their starting offensive tackles. Right tackle Willie Colon was lost for the season when he ruptured his right Achilles tendon in June.
Coach won’t address Newton report
College football: Auburn coach Gene Chizik declined to answer questions about an ESPN report that star running back Cam Newton told a Mississippi State recruiter that his father wanted him to go to Auburn because “the money was too much.”
Citing unidentified sources, ESPN reported late Tuesday that Newton and his father, Cecil, each had a phone conversation with a Mississippi State recruiter and acknowledged a pay-for-play arrangement. According to the report, one of the recruiters said Cecil Newton told him it would take “more than a scholarship” for his son to attend Mississippi State.