During a long and often frustrating season, Memo Okur and his trademark jumpshot have been missing in action.

No longer.

On Saturday night at EnergySolutions Arena, Okur poured in 27 points on 11-for-17 shooting and sparked the Jazz to a 107-85 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers.

In the last four games, Okur has averaged 19.5 points.

Once again, he has become the hard-to-guard 7-footer whose ability to effectively produce from the perimeter makes life easier for his teammates.

"Memo's been on fire, and when he's shooting like that, it opens up the whole middle for us to operate," said Carlos Boozer, who finished with 17 points and 17 rebounds.

"Other teams, they can't tighten that paint up, when our shooters are shooting. And Memo was shooting the ball tonight. I thought he was going to go for 50."

Said coach Jerry Sloan: "When he shoots the ball and they go in, we're pretty happy."

Okur was also active defensively, finishing with three steals and two blocks against the weary-looking Clippers, who were outscored 81-53 over the final three quarters.

"We shot our bullets early," said Clipper forward Drew Gooden, whose 12 points helped stake L.A. to a 32-26 lead in the first quarter.

"[But] we ran out of ammunition in the second half."

Okur agreed.

"It was a completely different ballgame, the first and second half," he said. "The first half, we settled more for outside jumpers and we didn't put the ball inside. The second half, we ran the floor and got some easy baskets."

As a result, the Clippers' woes in Utah continued.

The Jazz have beaten L.A. 14 straight times in the Delta Center/EnergySolutions Arena, dropping the Clippers' all-time record in the building to 1-36.

"I'm feeling good now," said Okur, who had 24 in Thursday's win at Phoenix, giving him back-to-back 20-point games for the first time this season.

"I've got my confidence a little bit and my teammates are telling me, 'Shoot it, shoot it.' " So, like I said, I have my confidence back and I feel good right now."

Another Jazz player who felt good after the win over the Clippers was Othyus Jeffers.

Signed to a 10-day contract out of the D-League on Wednesday, Jeffers was activated for his first game when Kyrylo Fesenko was sidelined with a stomach virus.

Not only did Jeffers dress, but he also played the final 2:20 and scored his first basket in the NBA.

The Jazz owned a 103-80 lead when Paul Millsap stole the ball from Craig Smith.

His outlet pass to another Sundiata Gaines, another former D-Leaguer, started a 3-on-1 fast break.

Gaines drove the ball to the free-throw line and dished to Jeffers on the right wing. He converted a layup with 1:58 left in the game.

"I ran wide and the opportunity to score presented itself and I got the finish," Jeffers said. "I was OK until I until I made it [back] to half-court. Then it kicked in, what happened. And I don't know who was louder, the fans or the guys on the bench. It was great."

Even Sloan was caught up in the moment.

"I was excited when he made his first basket," he said. "I think that's exciting, when somebody comes in. You know, he's a no-nonsense guy and we like those kind of people."

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