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SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Karl Malone scored 24 points and Andrei Kirilenko added 20 Monday night as the Utah Jazz handed the shorthanded Toronto Raptors a season-high seventh straight defeat, 107-85.
Matt Harpring added 11 points and 10 rebounds for Utah, which won for the fifth time in six games.
Toronto, which lost for the 11th time in 12 contests and fell to 0-4 on its five-game road trip, led by eight points early in the first quarter and 26-24 entering the second.
But Utah opened the second quarter on a 16-2 run, taking the lead for good, 28-26, on a dunk by Kirilenko with 9:36 remaining. Kirilenko scored seven points during the burst, including a layup that made it 40-28 with 5:18 left.
Utah took a 53-38 advantage into halftime, an 81-65 edge into the fourth quarter and led by as many as 25 points in the final 12 minutes.
Voshon Lenard and Morris Peterson each scored 18 points and Alvin Williams added 16 for the Raptors, who shot 42 percent (30-of-72) from the field and allowed the Jazz to connect on 54 percent (38-of-70).
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