Salt Lake City -- This is pleasant country, but the actual part of playing the Jazz has been a downright awful experience for the Pistons lately.

The Utah Jazz shoot for a season-high fourth straight win Tuesday when they host the improved Oklahoma City Thunder at EnergySolutions Arena.

Kevin Durant scored 28 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder held off a late surge by Utah for a 104-94 win over the Jazz on Tuesday night.

The Jazz have five games still to go in a six-game homestand that continues with Tuesday night's visit from Oklahoma City, and they're three games into a favorable stretch with 11-of-14 being played at EnergySolutions Arena.

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.

Somewhere between last week's beating in Boston and the end of their four-game Eastern Conference trip in Cleveland, the Jazz came together, in Carlos Boozer's opinion.

The folks back home missed out on a chance to see one native son play against the other.

Deron Williams scored 21 points and the Utah Jazz ended their decade-long misery in San Antonio with a 90-83 win over the Spurs on Thursday night.

Rookie Eric Maynor scored 11 of his 15 points in the fourth quarter and helped the Utah Jazz hang on for a 104-91 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Wednesday night.

Cleveland ? If they were going to end their Lake Erie losing streak, the Jazz couldn't have asked for a better opportunity Saturday night with a surprise inclusion on the inactive list and a whisper through three quarters.

Cleveland ? Although the possibility of rejoining the Jazz for Saturday's game had been floated, opted to remain in Utah with his family to address the health concerns involving one of his young daughters.

The suddenly streaking Cleveland Cavaliers return to the "Q" Saturday for a matchup with the Utah Jazz.

Carlos Boozer had 24 points and 12 rebounds, Wesley Matthews added a career-high 16 points and the short-handed Utah Jazz ran past the Philadelphia 76ers 112-90 on Friday night.

TV - CSN. Radio - WEEI-AM Team Leaders Scoring Bos: Pi erce - 18.8 Jazz: Deron Williams - 21.4 Rebounding Bos: Ga rnett - 8.3 Jazz: Carlos Boozer - 11.6 Assists Bos: Ron do - 9.0 Jazz: Williams - 10.7 Who'll go off: The entire Celtics team.

For the first time since his 2001-02 rookie season, Jazz starting small forward Andrei Kirilenko ? an All-Star in 2004 ? is not.

The Boston Celtics proved that they can rebound after a tough loss and will try to start another winning streak tonight, when they welcome the Utah Jazz for an evening battle at TD Garden.

Utah Jazz fans hoping to finally get Deron Williams into the NBA All-Star Game now have their chance.

A pair of struggling teams tangle Monday in Madison Square Garden when the Utah Jazz open a four-game road trip against the New York Knicks.

Tyreke Evans scored a career-high 32 points and the Sacramento Kings held off the Utah Jazz for a 104-99 victory Saturday night in their first game without high-scoring guard Kevin Martin.

The Utah Jazz are off to their worst start in seven years , and if the losing continues, the team is wary of possible chemistry issues.