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Carlos Boozer helped the Jazz hold off the Cavaliers. (AI Wire photo)

Paul Millsap (who?) scored 24 points to lead the Utah Jazz over the Cleveland Cavaliers in a matchup of two of last season’s surprise playoff teams Wednesday night. The Jazz withstood a late rally from LeBron James and Co. to hold onto a 103-101 victory in Salt Lake City.

Deron Williams scored the winning basket on a driving layup with one second remaining in the fourth quarter, breaking a 101-101 tie. James had pulled the Cavaliers even with a three-pointer with five seconds left.

The Jazz were favored against the point spread by nine while the betting total was over 195.

James finished with a triple-double: 32 points, 15 rebounds and 11 assists.

Carlos Boozer had 23 points and 12 rebounds for the Jazz. Williams finished with 15 points. His heroic dash stunned Cleveland, which had fought hard to get back into the game and looked like it had forced overtime on James' clutch trey.

In other NBA action on Wednesday:

Atlanta 105, Phoenix 96: Josh Smith scored 22 points as the Hawks stunned the Suns in Atlanta. The Hawks were six-point underdogs.

Orlando 105, Toronto 96: Dwight Howard had 28 points, and Hedo Turkoglu and Rashard Lewis both had 24 to lead the Magic, who were 4.5-point road underdogs.

Los Angeles Clippers 104, Indiana 89: Sam Cassell scored 35 points for the injury-ravaged Clippers, who entered as 6.5-point underdogs on the road. They improved to 4-0 on the year.

San Antonio 88, Miami 78: Manu Ginobili scored 25 points, but the Spurs failed to cover the point spread, which favored them by 12.5 at home.

Philadelphia 94, Charlotte 63: Andre Iguodala had 19 points as the 76ers easily covered the 4.5-point spread at home.

Boston 119, Denver 92: Paul Pierce had 26 points while Kevin Garnett had another double-double (23 points and 13 rebounds) for the Celtics, who improved to 3-0 and covered the 6.5-point spread at home without any problem.

Memphis 105, Seattle 98: Rudy Gay had 25 points to lead the Grizzlies, who were favored by one point in Seattle.

Portland 93, New Orleans 90: The Trail Blazers, who were 3.5-point underdogs, won their first game and handed the Hornets their first loss. Martell Webster and Jarrett Jack both scored 20 points to lead host Portland.

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