The Utah Jazz are focused on becoming a better road team. A quality road team should be able to beat the last-place New York Knicks.

The Jazz seek their fourth straight win overall and second in a row away from home Monday night when they take on the Knicks.

With six wins in their first seven games at Salt Lake City, the Jazz are proving to be one of the league's best home teams.

Utah (10-4), though, only split its first six road contests before opening a three-game trip Sunday with an impressive 103-93 victory at Detroit.

Carlos Boozer scored a season-high 36 points while making 17 of 20 field-goal attempts. Deron Williams added 21 points and a season-best 14 assists.

"We know we've been a bad road team, and we are really focused on changing that,'' Boozer said. "D and I talked during the second quarter, and we decided we needed to break the game open.''

Williams appeared completely recovered from a toe injury that had bothered him recently. He'd averaged 12.8 points and 5.7 assists in his previous four games before Sunday.

"This is the best it has felt in a couple weeks, so I was able to push off it,'' Williams said. "Carlos and I have had a lot of success as a combination, and he was great today.''

Utah continued to play strong defense, holding its third straight opponent under 100 points while limiting the Pistons to 39.5 percent (34-for-86) field-goal shooting.

The Jazz have surrendered an average of just 79.6 points in their last three games, after allowing 102.1 points per game in their first 11 contests.

With rumors circulating about coach Isiah Thomas' job status, the Knicks (3-9) ended an eight-game losing streak Saturday with an 85-78 victory over visiting Chicago.

"In New York, you're either dead or alive," Thomas said. "You lose a game and you're dead and you win one and you basically get to survive."

Eddy Curry scored 21 points, Zach Randolph had 20 and Stephon Marbury added 19 as the Knicks won for the first time since Nov. 6. They had lost their last three games by an average of 23.3 points.

"We had some moments where we could have folded or where we have folded in the past, but today we just kept thinking we were going to win," Curry said.

Saturday's win was the direct result of New York's defense, which held the last-place Bulls to 34.5 percent (29-for-84) shooting from the field. The Knicks had allowed seven of their first 11 opponents to score more than 100 points.

The Jazz are 8-1 this season when reaching 100 points.

"We have to play defense. It is something we have to do," Randolph told the Knicks' official Web site. "We had energy, guys played hard, and we played defense, that's all we need to do. If we play defense we'll have a chance to win every night."

The Knicks had won five straight games against the Jazz, before a 104-102 overtime road loss on Feb. 10.

Utah has lost its last three visits to Madison Square Garden.