[ Bet on the next game at nba-bet.net ] Carlos Boozer scores 22 points and collects an impressive 20 rebounds as the Jazz take Game 6 in Utah. – It was only Game 6 of their first-round series, but the Utah Jazz knew they had to play with a Game 7 type of urgency. The last thing the Jazz wanted to do was travel back to Denver and play the Nuggets with all their first-round series’ marbles on the line. They avoided that scenario by playing as if their playoff lives were at stake on Friday night. The Jazz eliminated the Nuggets from the playoffs by beating them 112-104 in Game 6 and winning the first-round series, 4-2. In addition to playing with a greater sense of urgency, Utah also executed better and did a better job of keeping its composure during crunch time against Denver. Utah advances to play the Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference semifinals. Game 1 is Sunday afternoon. “We definitely did,” Boozer said of the Jazz needing to close out the series at home. “We didn’t want to go back to Denver. We wanted it here for our fans, for us, to move on to the next round. And we were able to do that because we worked our butts off. We got better and better as the series went along.” The Jazz somehow found a way to improve their play despite not having starters Mehmet Okur and Andrei Kirilenko in their lineup. They also found a way to dispose of the Nuggets, despite the Northwest Division champions not going quietly. In a game that featured 70 fouls, four technicals, 91 …
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