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Carlos Boozer scored 19 points and Deron Williams added 18 as the Jazz ended the Blazers' league-high 13-game winning streak, 111-101 on Monday night, despite a career-high 36 points by Lamarcus Aldridge.

 "We were aggressive offensively and we got stops when had to get them for us to win the game," Boozer said.

 The Trail Blazers (18-13) were sporting the second best run in franchise history, including a pair of victories over the Jazz, before falling for the first time since a December 2 setback to the San Antonio Spurs.

 "You can't win all of them all. We'd like to, but Utah played great tonight," said Blazers guard Brandon Roy after scoring 17 points.

 "It was a great month for us. We lost the first game of the month and the last game of the month. Any time you do that, I think that's a sign of a young team maturing."

   Matt Harpring netted 15 points while Russian Andrei Kirilenko and Paul Millshap had 14 points apiece for Utah (17-16), which snapped a modest two-game slide.

 Kyle Korver had 11 points in his Jazz debut after being acquired from Philadelphia on Saturday for Gordon Giricek.

 The Jazz trailed 71-65 midway through the third quarter before taking control. They outscored the Blazers, 20-3, and held them without a field goal for nearly five-minutes, to take an 87-79 advantage heading into the fourth frame.

 Two free throws by Roy drew the Blazers to within 92-89 with 7:16 left. But Korver converted a three-point play after taking a pass from Kirilenko.

 The Russian followed with a steal and dunk. Millshap added a putback before Williams' steal and pass to Korver for a breakaway lay-up opened up a 101-91 cushion with 4:43 remaining.

 The Blazers pulled to 105-98 on Travis Outlaw's late three- pointer. However, Korver made a pair of free throws and Millshap followed with a dunk to seal the win.

 Elsewhere:

   Detroit Pistons 114, Milwaukee Bucks 69

   Richard Hamilton scored 22 points while Chauncey Billups had 13 and 12 assists as the Pistons rolled to their ninth straight victory by handing the visiting Bucks their third worst dubbing in franchise history.

 Michael Redd had 18 points for Milwaukee (11-19) losers of four in a row.

 Orlando Magic 112, Chicago Bulls 110 (OT)

   Turkey's Hedo Turkoglu scored 17 points, including a jumper with seven-tenths of a second left in overtime, and the Magic handed Bulls interim head coach Jim Boylan his first loss in three games since taking over last Thursday for fired Scott Skiles.

 Jameer Nelson scored 22 points while Dwight Howard had 17 points, 22 rebounds and five blocked shots in Orlando's fourth straight victory.

 Ben Gordon led host Chicago (11-18) with 29 points, including a game-tying three-pointer with 6.7 seconds left.

 Charlotte Bobcats 107, Indiana Pacers 103 (OT)

   Gerald Wallace had 20 of his 36 points in the final quarter and overtime, helping the Bobcats end a four-game slide.

 The Bobcats overcame a 13-point fourth quarter deficit to force overtime before Wallace scored 10 points, including four free throws in the final 22 seconds to secure the win.

 Jermaine O'Neal had 20 points and 13 rebounds in Indiana's third straight loss.

 Golden State Warriors 112, Houston Rockets 95

   Baron Davis scored 23 points, Monta Ellis added 20 and the Warriors overcame the second-quarter ejection of head coach Don Nelson, to snap the Rockets' modest two-game winning streak.

 Stephen Jackson had 18 points while Al Harrington finished with 16 and 11 rebounds as the Warriors (19-13) outscored the hosts 37-15 in the final quarter.

 Rafer Alston scored a season-high 22 points while Chinese superstar Yao Ming had 16 for Houston (15-16), which played its third straight game without Tracy McGrady (sore left knee).

 Toronto Raptors 97, New Orleans Hornets 92

   Chris Bosh scored 29 points and the Raptors overcame a 10-point fourth quarter deficit with a 29-11 closing run to halt the Hornets' five-game winning streak.

 The visiting Raptors (17-15) received 19 points from Anthony Parker while Spain's Jose Calderon finished with 17 points and 12 assists.

 David West led the Hornets (20-11) with 33 points and 11 rebounds. Chris Paul collected 23 points, 16 assists and seven rebounds.

 LA Clippers 91, Minnesota Timberwolves 82

   Chris Kaman had 16 points to go along with 16 rebounds as the host Clippers rallied from 11 down in the final frame to snap an overall six-game losing streak and a seven-game home slide.

 Al Jefferson had 23 points and 15 rebounds, while Ryan Gomes added 17 points and 15 rebounds for the league-worst Timberwolves (4-26) who fell to 1-16 on the road.

 Philadelphia 76ers 98, Seattle SuperSonics 90

   Andre Iguodala scored 25 points, Louis Williams had 19 and the visiting Sixers beat the injury-depleted Sonics for their third win in the last four games.

 Earl Watson scored 18 points for the Sonics, who were without their two top scorers: rookie sensation Kevin Durant (sprained left index finger) and Chris Wilcox (left knee sprain).

By Paul Levine, dpa