NBA ROUNDUP : Price Is Right in Return for Cavaliers, Who Beat Jazz

Mark Price played 14 minutes, his first time on the court in two months, and his presence Thursday night helped lift the Cavaliers to a 93-85 victory over the Utah Jazz at Cleveland.

Price, who underwent surgery on his right wrist in January, had 10 points and five assists.

“I haven’t been doing anything for two months. I should have a lot of energy,” Price said after the Cavaliers had stopped Utah’s nine-game winning streak.

Bobby Phills scored 24 points, and Terrell Brandon, who soon will lose his starting job back to Price, had 18 for Cleveland, which was 12-15 in the games since Price left.

OTHER GAMES

David Robinson had 26 points and 11 rebounds in three quarters to spur San Antonio--playing without rebounding leader Dennis Rodman, who overslept--past Philadelphia, 112-86, at San Antonio. . . . Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf and Dale Ellis scored 19 points apiece as hot-shooting Denver defeated Sacramento, 123-101, at Denver. . . . Kenny Smith scored 23 points and hit two free throws with 8.7 seconds to play to help blunt Minnesota’s fourth-quarter rally in the Rockets’ 104-97 victory at Houston. . . . Charles Barkley scored 29 points and had a decisive three-point basket with 5.3 seconds to play in Phoenix’s 108-105 victory over the Hornets at Charlotte. . . . Detlef Schrempf scored 20 points for Seattle in a 103-78 victory over Miami in Tacoma, Wash. . . . Rod Strickland, Buck Williams and Otis Thorpe scored 19 points apiece for the Trail Blazers in a 113-98 victory over Boston at Portland.