NBA

• Jazz down Raptors for ninth consecutive time

  
  

  Salt Lake City, UT (Sports Network) - Deron Williams returned to the Utah lineup and scored 20 points, dished out nine assists and had six rebounds as the Jazz never trailed in beating Toronto for a ninth straight time, 104-91, at EnergySolutions Arena.

  Williams missed the final two games of the team's road trip to be with his daughter as she went through some medical tests. He shot 8-of-16 from the field Wednesday night, helping the Jazz overcome the absence of Mehmet Okur (flu) and Ronnie Price (sprained left big toe).

  Carlos Boozer scored 22 and pulled down 18 rebounds for Utah, which also received 20 points from Andrei Kirilenko.

  Eric Maynor scored nine of his 15 points during a big fourth quarter run that sealed the victory.

  Chris Bosh totaled 32 points and 17 rebounds for the Raptors, who have lost three in a row. Marco Belinelli added 19 points, while Andrea Bargnani chipped in 10 points and 11 boards in defeat.

  Ahead by just three moving to the fourth, the Jazz saw their margin trimmed to one on a layup by Belinelli in the opening minute. But Utah responded with a dominating 17-2 spurt to take control with Maynor acting as the catalyst. Kirilenko's two free throws finished the burst for a 95-79 margin with 4:48 left.

  The Raptors, who haven't beaten the Jazz since December 22, 2004, fell behind 8-0 thanks in part to a pair of early turnovers.

  Jose Calderon's bad pass turned into a steal and layup for Kyrylo Fesenko. Ronnie Brewer came up with another steal, leading to a jumper for Wesley Matthews to cap the rally.

  Utah widened the margin to 31-13 with 1:02 left in the quarter and carried a 33-17 cushion into the second. The Jazz were ahead by double digits nearly the entire second quarter until the visitors closed the gap to nine late, including when Bosh converted two free throws in the waning seconds for a 61-52 difference at the half.

  Toronto shot just 11-of-30 from the field in the third, but still managed to cut into the lead as the Jazz went 4-of-14 from the floor in the period. Belinelli's three-pointer in the last second brought the Raptors within 78-75.

  Game Notes Raptors forward Hedo Turkoglu, who was on the inactive list for Tuesday night's loss in Denver with a sore hip, started and had 11 points...Calderon scored 13, while Paul Millsap had 10 for the Jazz...The Raptors shot 37.4 percent from the field.

  11/18 23:58:43 ET