SALT LAKE CITY (Ticker) -- Mike Bibby and the Sacramento Kings continued their dominance of the Utah Jazz.
Bibby scored 25 points to lift the Kings to a 100-93 victory over the Jazz, their eighth straight regular-season win at the Delta Center.
"They're a tough team. even though they're young, they're still tough," Bibby said. "They play hard and that's all you can really ask."
Utah has not beaten Sacramento at home since April 19, 2000. Bibby hasn't lost a regular-season game at the Delta Center since joining Sacramento before the 2000-01 season.
"I can only speak personally and I know that I wasn't intimidated," Jazz forward Matt Harpring said. "This is the NBA, we've got to grow up, we've got to play, we've got to play hard."
Peja Stojakovic scored 24 points and Bobby Jackson added 22 off the bench for the Kings, who have won three in a row and eight of nine.
Raja Bell led Utah with 17 points while Matt Harpring and DeShawn Stevenson each had 13.
Bell's jumper with 2:55 remaining gave Utah a 87-86 lead, but the Kings closed the game with a 14-6 run.
"We broke down a little bit on the defensive end," Harpring said. "They're a good team, and when we have a little mistake on defense they really exploit it, and that's what makes them a good team."
Utah guard Carlos Arroyo returned to the starting lineup after missing eight games with an ankle injury but had just two points in 16 minutes. Rookie Raul Lopez picked up the slack with seven points and seven assists in 28 minutes.
The Jazz outplayed the Kings in the paint, outrebounding them, 45-38, and outscoring them, 46-36. Andrei Kirilenko and Greg Ostertag were major contributors inside. Kirilenko scored 12 points and grabbed 10 rebounds while Ostertag had 11 and 12.
Sacramento overcame Utah's edge inside with superior ballhandling. The Kings committed just four turnovers and passed for 19 assists.
"We handled the ball well," Kings coach Rick Adelman said. "But if there is anything I am disappointed with, I don't think we defended as well as we need to defend if we are going to win on the road."
Utah led 35-32 with 6:47 left in the second, but Sacramento went on a 9-2 run to build a 41-37 cushion and held a 45-42 halftime advantage even though Stojakovic was held scoreless.
"I was awful in the first half," Stojakovic said. "I don't know what was wrong ... a couple of shots I took, I thought they were good shots."
