SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 14 (Ticker) -- The Utah Jazz know good things seem to happen when Andrei Kirilenko is in the starting lineup.

Kirilenko scored 21 points, grabbed 16 rebounds and blocked eight shots to lead the Utah Jazz to their fourth win in six outings, a 82-77 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers.

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Making his second start after his return from a sprained right ankle, Kirilenko registered his fourth consecutive double-double and tied his career highs in rebounds and blocks. The Jazz are 6-3 when the lanky forward starts.

"I'm trying to be a little bit more aggressive, especially offensively," Kirilenko said. "I'm just trying to get open a little bit better, be a little more active inside and make my defender work a little bit harder."

"We're trying to get him the basketball and let him do some things and he seems to have been able to do pretty well with what we're trying to do," Jazz coach Jerry Sloan said.

The 6-9 Kirilenko flirted with a triple-double for the second consecutive game. He had 22 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists in Monday's win over Detroit.

"That's why he's an All-Star," Jazz center Jarron Collins said. "He has tremendous ability out there."

Trailing by 11 points in the second quarter, Utah got 10 points from Mehmet Okur and seven from Kirilenko in a 22-12 spurt that cut the deficit to 44-43 at halftime.

"(Andrei) didn't get into a real good rhythm until the end of the first half," Sloan said. "He had a couple of sensational plays and was a lot more alive."

Collins, who grabbed a career-high 14 rebounds against the Pistons on Monday, scored 11 points in the third quarter en route to a season-high 15 before fouling out in the fourth.

"He was unbelievable," Kirilenko said. "For the second game in a row, he was a beast on the rebounds. I think he's one of the best players in the NBA for dirty work. He does all kinds of things - screens, charges, creating offensive fouls, all those kinds of things which are very important for the team."

With 7:47 remaining in the final period, Jazz guard Devin Brown tipped a jump ball to a streaking Kirilenko, who hit a layup while being fouled by Steve Blake and completed a three-point play for a 71-61 advantage.

However, the Blazers answered with an 11-2 burst on four points apiece from Zach Randolph and Travis Outlaw and a 3-pointer by Steve Blake to pull within 73-72 with 4:16 remaining.

"We got ourselves in trouble because we failed to know what we were supposed to do (on the defensive end)," Sloan said.

After Portland cut the margin to 80-77, Kirilenko missed badly a short jumper with eight seconds left and Kris Humphries missed a follow shot. Neither shot drew iron, but the shot clock reset and play continued before Brown was fouled.

Okur scored 21 points and had 12 rebounds and rookie Deron Williams had nine with nine assists for the Jazz, who had a 53-36 rebounding edge and have won back-to-back home games for the first time this season.

"I think as a team, we're getting back and feeling much more comfortable," Kirilenko said. "For the second game (in a row), we're playing hard and focused. At the end of the game, Mehmet and Jarron got in foul trouble, but we just kept concentrating and kept our heads in the game."

Utah had a 26-9 advantage off the offensive glass, which led to 30 second-chance points.

"Second-chance points (hurt us)," Randolph said. "They just got a lot of offensive rebounds. You take all those offensive rebounds away, it's a different game."

Randolph scored 18 points and Blake came off the bench to add 12 for the Trail Blazers, who are last in the league in scoring and have dropped eight of nine games.