Bryon Russell isn"t all the way back, but he"s getting there in a hurry.

In just his second game since sitting out a month with a groin injury, Russell led the Jazz with 19 points Wednesday night on 5-for-11 shooting.

""I"m not quite there," Russell said. ""I"m still sore. I"m going to wake up sore because I"m moving more and more.

""But as long as I don"t get stiff and I work that soreness out I"ll be all right." Russell missed 16 games with an avulsion fracture from his pelvis and is still working to get his timing back.

A couple of positives came out of his absence, however - the added playing time 20-year-olds DeShawn Stevenson and Andrei Kirilenko were able to get while Russell sat out.