DPA - LOS ANGELES The Utah Jazz showed they’re a pretty tough team to beat even without two of their top players. Deron Williams had 31 points with 11 assists, Mehmet Okur scored 22, including the goahead three-pointer with 42.8 seconds left and the Jazz snapped the Los Angeles Lakers’ seven-game winning streak with a thrilling 113-109 victory on Wednesday night.

“It’s a great win for us going into the All-Star break, it’s a confidence builder,” Williams said. “It just shows that we’re a good team despite all the injuries. It just proves we can win against the best teams in the league and we showed that tonight.”

CJ Miles had 17 points, Ronnie Brewer added 16 for Utah (30- 23) which without All-Star forward Carlos Boozer (knee) and Andrei Kirilenko (ankle) won for the fourth time in the last five games.

“We’ve won 30 games,” Jazz coach Jerry Sloan said. “I would never have dreamed it with the people that have missed games.” Kobe Bryant scored 37 points, Lamar Odom had 19 points with 19 rebounds for the league-best, but road weary Lakers (42-10) playing their eighth game in eight different cities.

Cleveland 109, Phoenix 92 Mo Williams scored a careerhigh 44 points with seven threepointers, LeBron James added 26 and the host Cavaliers stopped their first two-game winning streak of the season.

Amare Stoudemire, the subject of trade rumours, had 27 for Phoenix (28-23) which rested floor-leader Steve Nash. Toronto 91, San Antonio 89 Andrea Bargnani scored 23 points, Roko Ukic added a career-high 22 and the Raptors handed the visiting Spurs just their third loss in the last 14 games.

Argentine Manu Ginobili led San Antonio (35-16) with a season- high tying 32 points, Frenchman Tony Parker had 22, while Tim Duncan finished with 20 points and 13 rebounds. Denver 82, Orlando 73 Carmelo Anthony had 29 points and the Nuggets held the Magic to a season-low point total to snap a 15-game losing streak at Orlando dating back to March 10, 1992.

Dwight Howard had 16 points with 15 rebounds for Orlando (38-13) which shot an icy 30 per cent from the field and committed a season-high 24 turnovers. Atlanta 99, Detroit 95 Joe Johnson had 27 points, Flip Murray added 23 to lead a balanced scoring attack as the Hawks clipped the stumbling Pistons.

Allen Iverson scored 26 for visiting Detroit (27-24) which has dropped 13 of its last 18 games.

Charlotte 101, Washington 89 D.J. Augustin scored 24 points and Vladimir Radmanovic added 21 as the host Bobcats won their second in a row. Caron Butler led Eastern Conference-worst Washington (11-42) with 26 points. Philadelphia 91, Memphis 87 Andre Miller scored 24 points, Andre Iguodala added 18, including the game-winning basket with 26 seconds left, sending the host Sixers to their fourth straight win.

Boston 89, New Orleans 77 Paul Pierce scored 30 points, and Celtics overcame the second half loss of All-Star Ray Allen (hyper-extended right thumb) for their eighth straight road win.

Houston 94, Sacramento 82 Yao Ming had 24 points with 18 rebounds, Argentine Luis Scola added 19 with 11 boards and the host Rockets crowned the league-worst Kings (11-43). Milwaukee 122, Indiana 110 Richard Jefferson scored 32 points while Ramon Sessions had 15 with a season-high 17 assists and the Bucks (26-29) matched their entire win total of last season.