games to the Spurs -- 18 in the regular season, three in the 2007

Western Conference finals -- dating to February 1999.

The Jazz couldn't ask for better circumstances to snap the streak,

with Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili both out for the 5-6 Spurs. But the

Jazz are coming off a 1-4 trip last week that raised further questions

about their inability to win on the road.

"I'm looking for the question after we play the next game on the

road," Jazz coach Jerry Sloan said. "Are we going to be energized or

are we going to wait till we get back home to be energized?"

The Jazz are 6-0 at home and 2-4 on the road entering their

two-game trip to San Antonio and Memphis. But they could be forced to

play without their two biggest stars in Deron Williams and Carlos

Boozer.

Williams sat out again Wednesday with the left ankle he sprained a

month ago. Although his ankle is getting stronger, Williams would not

commit to playing against San Antonio. Boozer, meanwhile, left with

3:55 remaining with a strained left quadriceps.

Boozer will undergo an MRI on Thursday but walked stiffly out of

the locker room after the game. He suggested that the injury was not

serious, but it might still be a stretch for him to play back-to-back

games this weekend.

JAZZ 105, BUCKS 94: The Jazz built a 16-point lead in the second

quarter, gave it all back by halftime, trailed by 10 midway through

the third quarter and still found a way to beat Milwaukee for the

eighth consecutive time. The Jazz piled up the blocks, steals and

deflections in the final 17 minutes and outscored the Bucks 44-23.

They did so despite playing with only one true point guard in Ronnie

Price with Deron Williams and Brevin Knight both out injured. Former

Utah Ute Andrew Bogut had 16 points and 20 rebounds while Richard

Jefferson added 25 for Milwaukee.