SALT LAKE CITY Kirilenko's triple-double powers Jazz past Raptors

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Andrei Kirilenko had Utah's first triple-double since 1999 and the Jazz ended a two-game losing streak by beating the Toronto Raptors 111-98 Tuesday night.
Kirilenko finished with 18 points, 16 rebounds and 11 assists for the Jazz's first triple since Karl Malone's 29 points, 12 boards and 10 assists May 4, 1999, against the Los Angeles Clippers. Kirilenko also had four blocks to go with his first career triple-double.
Mehmet Okur had 29 points, seven assists and six rebounds and Devin Brown scored 15, giving Kirilenko his 10th assist on a layup in the fourth quarter.
Chris Bosh led the Raptors with 27 and Jalen Rose scored 16 for Toronto, which had won two straight and seven of nine.
The Raptors allowed 33 points in the third quarter, including 10 by Kirilenko, and never recovered as they opened a five-game road trip with a loss.
Sluggish start
Utah lost at the Clippers on Monday to fall back to even at 19-19 and started sluggish on Tuesday. But in the second half, Kirilenko started scoring to go along with everything else he was doing.
By the start of the fourth quarter, Kirilenko was one rebound and two assists short of the triple double and quickly pulled down two boards to get even closer. Toronto was keeping the score just close enough that Utah coach Jerry Sloan left Kirilenko and the other starters in the game and Kirilenko finally got the triple with a few minutes to go.
Kirilenko tapped the ball in the corner to keep it from going out of bounds, then he got to the loose ball before anyone else could and passed it underneath to Brown for a layup that put the Jazz ahead 103-87 with about 3:40 left in the game.
Kirilenko pumped his fist after Brown's shot bounced in and the fans gave him a loud round of applause when his triple-double was shown on the big-screen monitor.
By then, there wasn't much left to cheer about as Utah had the game all but won. But Sloan added some excitement when he got a technical with 1:21 remaining for berating official Michael Smith.
Sloan told Smith to keep calling technicals, then Utah's assistants pulled him back to the Jazz bench before he could get ejected.
Notes
Matt Bonner made three straight field goals during an 8-2 run that got the Raptors within 38-36 in the second quarter. Bonner finished with 12 points. ... Morris Peterson also scored 12 for Toronto and made a stumbling layup while falling down in the lane early in the fourth quarter to get the Raptors within 89-76. ... Deron Williams scored 10 for Utah.