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Posted: 10:42 PM- PORTLAND, Ore. - Rookie Brandon Roy scored 25 of his season-high 29 points in the second half and the short-handed Portland Trail Blazers held off the Utah Jazz 94-89 on Wednesday night to snap a four-game losing streak.

The Jazz, who have already clinched the Northwest Division, trailed by as many as 13 points in the second half but closed in on Portland in the final minutes. Carlos Boozer had 21 points and 21 rebounds.

Travis Outlaw matched his career high with 22 points for the Blazers.

With the game tied at 87 with 1:03 left, Roy hit a pair of free throws to give Portland the lead. Gordan Giricek missed a 3-pointer for Utah, and Roy made two more free throws to make it 91-87 with 29.5 seconds left.

After another free throw from Roy, Giricek hit a 12-foot jumper and Utah closed to 92-89 with 7 seconds to go.

Roy added two more shots from the line for the final margin.

The Blazers had just 11 players available for the game. The latest player out because of injury was rookie center LaMarcus Aldridge, who was taken to a local hospital during Saturday's loss to the Clippers complaining of dizziness and an irregular heart beat.

After Aldridge wore a heart monitor for 24 hours, the Blazers announced that more tests were needed. He is out indefinitely.

Aldridge had earned a starting job after Joel Przybilla had season-ending knee surgery.

The Blazers last week lost leading scorer and rebounder Zach Randolph with a hand injury that required surgery.

Travis Outlaw had back-to-back 3-pointers to give the Trail Blazers a 28-23 lead early in the second quarter. Outlaw had 16 first-half points.

The Jazz, who led by as many as six points early, went ahead 37-35 on Paul Milsap's layup.

Andrei Kirilenko's dunk as time ran out in the first half put Utah narrowly up 45-43.

Roy, the league's rookie of the month for the past three months, made it 65-60 for Portland with a 3-pointer.

Fred Jones' 3-pointer capped a 13-point run and made it 73-60 for the Blazers.

Boozer's jumper narrowed it to 81-77 and Giricek added a 3-pointer to make it 81-80. Boozer gave the Jazz the lead with a layup and a free throw.