SALT LAKE CITY (Ticker) -- Matt Harpring and the Utah Jazz continue to dominate at the Delta Center.
Harpring scored 20 points to lead the Jazz to an easy 86-67 triumph over the Los Angeles Clippers, whose struggles in Utah continued.
After missing a game due to the flu, DeShawn Stevenson had 12 points and reserve Raja Bell added 12 and eight rebounds for the Jazz, who improved to 10-1 at the Delta Center this season and 24-1 here all-time against the Clippers.
The Jazz led throughout, holding a 47-35 edge at the break, a 67-49 advantage after three quarters and a 24-point cushion late in the final period.
"We stunk," Clippers coach Mike Dunleavy said. "They came out and really took the game to us. They've been excellent here at home. They move the ball well, they pass the ball well, they play very well with each other. Obviously, they're just so more athletic than our guys, they're much faster."
"I think the Clippers were a little frustrated today," said Jazz forward Andrei Kirilenko, who had 10 points on 2-of-7 shooting. "I don't know why. Maybe because we showed our speed today and started to play our running game. We got a lead by 20 points and we just held it the whole game."
Coming off an overtime loss at Houston on Thursday, the Jazz posted a fifth victory in six games.
"I think the most important thing for us is the fact that we lost a real tough game ... and be able to come back and get a win," Jazz coach Jerry Sloan said.
Seeing his first action since suffering a stress fracture in his right foot in the season opener against Seattle in Japan on October 30, Clippers forward Elton Brand scored 13 points in 19 minutes off the bench. Corey Maggette had 15 points to pace the Clippers, who shot just 36 percent (25-of-70) from the field.
"Without a doubt, in a closer game I could have gone longer, so I'm satisfied with that," Brand said. "I felt good out there, not as bad as I had maybe anticipated. Winning the ballgame was the most important thing."
"I wasn't happy about anybody's play on our team except for Elton Brand, because he's been out and he gave us a good effort," Dunleavy said. "I think he played well. Everybody else stunk."
Clippers guard Quentin Richardson had just seven points on 3-of-19 shooting.
"We did not perform well at all," Richardson said. "We just didn't executed well, we didn't defend well. We didn't defend, played the way we are used to and we let them outrebound us (42-35)."
