After looking like the walking-dead and going down by 15 in the first quarter the Utah Jazz showed why they have the league's best home record.  This game had the feel of a playoff game going down the stretch as Utah prevailed 103-95. 

The most interesting thing about this game was the way team's deployed their offenses.  While Utah feels like they can play both half-court and full-court basketball they chose to walk the ball up initially.  You had to guess that Utah wanted to play under control against the veteran Detroit squad.  The result was Deron Williams having one of the worst quarters I've seen him play in a while.  He couldn't penetrate and constantly put the Jazz in bad positions with the ball. 

On the other side of the ball Chauncey Billups and Rip Hamilton couldn't be stopped.  They pushed tempo when they could and it looked like a route.

In the second half the Utah Jazz clamped down on defense allowing only 18 points in the 3rd quarter. 

Then both teams started to resemble themselves.  Utah picked up their transition game finding Boozer in the high-post, Brewer on the baselines, and Mehmet Okur on the 3 point wing.  Detroit entered the ball into the post to Rasheed Wallace 5 consecutive times who refused to be double-teamed.  Ultimately it was Okur's 3 point shots that put the game away.

Chalk one up for Utah who needed this win after a disappointing road trip and chalk one up for the NBA with its parity.