National Basketball Association

Spurs continue to struggle minus stars

Published Nov. 20, 2009 5:33 a.m. ET

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A decade of misery for the Utah Jazz in San Antonio is over.

But the Spurs' early struggles show no sign of ending.

Deron Williams scored 21 points and Carlos Boozer scored 10 of his 18 points in the fourth quarter, leading the Jazz to their first regular-season victory in San Antonio since 1999 - a 90-83 win on Thursday night.

That's 10 years and 20 games since 30 points from Karl Malone on Feb. 28, 1999, carried the Jazz to their previous win in San Antonio. No player in Utah's loose locker room Thursday night was even in the NBA back then.