Calling for better offensive execution from his team over the past week, Jazz coach Jerry Sloan got all he needed when it mattered most Monday night.

Nursing a one-point lead in the final minutes, the Jazz ran their fist-one play to perfection twice in a row, with Matt Harpring sinking open jumpers both times to spark the Jazz to a 96-91 victory over the Boston Celtics at the Delta Center.

"When it came down to the end of the ballgame," Sloan said, "I thought our guys really did a good job of executing our offense.