Antoine Carr

Latrell Sprewell scored 30 points to lift Golden State to a 93-82 victory over the Utah Jazz, keeping the Warriors within 1 1/2 games from the final playoff spot in the Western Conference. Joe Smith added 16 points and 13 rebounds as the Warriors won for the fourth time in 10 games and stopped a five-game losing streak against the Jazz. Golden State trails the Sacramento Kings by 1 1/2 games for eighth place in the West. The Warriors are at Minnesota and host Portland before closing their season at Sacramento next Sunday. The Kings must play at Denver and Utah before their finale with the Warriors. Antoine Carr scored 20 points, on 10-for-10 field-goal shooting, and Karl Malone added 19 points and 11 rebounds for the Jazz, who have dropped seven of their last nine games. Utah has clinched a playoff berth but is just 1 1/2 games ahead of the Los Angeles Lakers for the third seed in the West. "We have to be concerned about ourselves and not the Lakers," Utah coach Jerry Sloan said. "You have to be concerned about yourself and then maybe you can play better. We lost our intensity and I don't know for what reason. We can't rest anything now we've got to play." Malone 15-footer gave the Jazz a 57-54 advantage with 5:33 left in the third quarter. Sprewell scored eight of his points as the Warriors closed the third quarter with 15-5 run to take a 69-62 advantage. Jerome Kersey, who had 15 points and 13 rebounds, made a 12-footer with 7:07 left in the fourth to give the Warriors their biggest lead, 82-66. Kevin Willis made a layup with 7:34 left in the second to give the Warriors a 34-27 advantage. John Stockton scored his only six points -- two three pointers -- as the Jazz closed the second with a 16-8 run for a 45-42 halftime edge. Malone made an 18-footer and David Benoit folowed with a dunk to give the Jazz their biggest lead, 49-42, with 10:56 left in the third. Stockton had 14 assists for the Jazz, who shot just 20 percent (3-for-15) from three-point range. B.J. Armstrong scored 13 points for the Warriors, who shot 48 percent (38-for-79) from the field but just 52 percent (11-for-21) from the free throw line. "We were aggressive," Armstrong said. "We got our hands on loose balls and our guys came up and did some nice things. Jerome (Kersey) got himself very active double-teaming. He was moving around, getting his hands on loose balls."