Jazz hand Grizzlies eighth straight loss

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Deron Williams had 19 assists and scored 13 points, and the Utah Jazz sent the Memphis Grizzlies to their eighth straight loss, 113-92 on Saturday night.

Seven scored in double figures for Utah, including all five starters. Carlos Boozer led Utah with 18 points, and Mehmet Okur finished with 17 points and 13 rebounds. Kyle Korver matched Okur's 17 points, and Ronnie Brewer and Andrei Kirilenko scored 16 apiece. Paul Millsap added 14 points as the Jazz snapped a three-game road slide.

Rudy Gay led Memphis with 20 points. Hakim Warrick and Juan Carlos Navarro scored 17 points apiece, with Warrick grabbing 13 rebounds. Darko Milicic finished with 11 points and 11 rebounds.

Utah held a 12-point lead early in the fourth, but Memphis used a 12-2 run to cut the margin to 82-80.

Memphis could never overtake Utah as the Jazz answered with a 16-3 run later in the period to put the game out of reach. Okur had eight points in the stretch, including a 3-pointer from the top of the key as the shot clock ran down.

The eight straight losses is the longest skid of the season for Memphis.

The Jazz overcame an early 11-point Grizzlies lead.

Boozer had 14 points to lead the Jazz in the first half, and Korver contributed 12 helping Utah carry a 53-49 lead at the break. Williams was engineering the Jazz offense with a dozen assists at that point. He finished one assist short of his season high and two short of his career high.

Navarro led Memphis with 12 points, and Gay had 11.

Korver provided a spark off the bench to key a Utah rally in the second quarter, erasing the Memphis lead with a 21-6 run to close the half.

Brewer had 10 points in the third period and Utah continued to extend the lead, building the advantage to 78-68 entering the fourth quarter.

Notes: Memphis was without G Mike Miller, the team's second-leading scorer, for the sixth straight game because of a sore back. Memphis coach Marc Iavaroni said the earliest he expects Miller back for Wednesday's home game against New Jersey but "that's not set in stone," Iavaroni said. ... Korver, who shoots 90 percent from the free throw line, missed two of three free throws when he was fouled outside the arc in the second quarter. ... The last time Memphis lost eight straight was when it opened the 2002-03 season 0-13. ...The 34 Jazz assists was a season high for a Memphis opponent.