Jazz makes it eight in a row over the Pistons

Mehmet Okur scored 20 of his 22 points in the first half against his former team and the Utah Jazz beat the Detroit Pistons for the eighth consecutive time, 99-82, on Saturday night.

Andrei Kirilenko had 11 points and seven rebounds, and Matt Harpring also scored 11 points to help the Jazz sweep the Pistons for the fourth straight season.

Rodney Stuckey led the Pistons with 19 points. Allen Iverson had 11 points and five assists for Detroit, which last beat Utah in March 2005.

Paul Millsap finished with nine points and seven rebounds, ending his streak of 19 straight double-doubles as he rested once Utah put away Detroit with a 22-3 run spanning the third and fourth quarters.

The Pistons were coming off a 93-90 win at Denver on Friday night and never held a lead Saturday night.

Jason Maxiell was the only other Detroit player to score in double figures with 11 points -- and five of those came in the fourth quarter as the reserves for both teams ran out the clock with the outcome already decided.

Ronnie Brewer finished with 16 points, and point guard Deron Williams, who has been fighting a cold, had nine assists and watched the end with the rest of the Jazz starters.