SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Utah Jazz center Ben Handlogten will miss the rest of the season after tearing ligaments in his left knee.

Handlogten is scheduled to have surgery in the next two weeks, Jazz senior vice president Kevin O'Connor said Wednesday.

Handlogten, 29, twisted the knee going after an offensive rebound Friday night against Toronto. He averaged 4.0 points and 3.2 rebounds in 17 games this season.

"Matt Harpring will undergo an MRI exam on his aching and swollen right knee today, the Jazz's starting small forward said after Utah's loss Sunday to the Sacramento Kings."

Harpring shot only 3-of-16 from the field in 39 minutes and seem like himself.

His status for tonight's home game against the Philadelphia Sixers is uncertain.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Utah center Greg Ostertag missed the Jazz's game Friday night against Toronto because of an inflamed left knee.

Jarron Collins started in place of Ostertag, averaging 6.9 points and a team-high 8.5 rebounds.

Ostertag had not missed a game because of injury this season. We was benched for a game Nov. 28 for violating team rules.

The Jazz have discussed signing another bigman to replace injured center Curtis Borchardt but it appears that they are unlikely to do so.

"If you bring a guy in, a lot of times you can't play them for two weeks until they know what they're doing," Sloan said. "We thought we were getting close to [Michael] Ruffin coming back."

Besides, Sloan said, "Who's available? That's the next question."

As for Ruffin, who has spent the entire season on the injured list with an abdominal strain, his condition has gotten worse and will have an MRI when the team returns from their road trip.

Andrei Kirilenko produces stat lines as wild as his haircut.

Never seen an elongated mohawk atop an overgrown crewcut? That's OK. Seldom has an NBA player had a 'do as daring as this one.

Never seen a line in a boxscore that includes at least five each of points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks?

That's OK, too, because they come around only about twice a decade _ or at least they did until Kirilenko recently made the ``5X5'' part of the basketball lexicon for the statistically infatuated.

``There's not many players I've ever seen that are as active as he is for as long as he is,'' said Jazz coach Jerry Sloan, who has been playing and coaching since the 1950s. ``He's like a rope out there. He's got arms and legs going every which way, and he covers a lot of territory with his hands.''

Kirilenko's uncanny quickness and hyperactivity at both ends of the court have made him one of the most enjoyable players to watch on a revamped Jazz team that has already exceeded expectations in Year One of the post-Stockton & Malone era.

The lanky 6-foot-9 Russian is ranked among the top five in the NBA in steals and blocked shots, accumulating them in bushels while also averaging about 16 points, eight rebounds and three assists.

``About two weeks ago, we were talking about who is playing at an All-Star caliber. He was one of those guys who was doing things on the floor that, at that time, you probably would have voted him to the All-Star team,'' Seattle coach Nate McMillan said.

Kirilenko's freak week on the stat sheet began Dec. 5 when he had 19 points, five rebounds, seven assists, eight steals and five blocks against Houston. Then on Dec. 10, he had 10 points, 10 rebounds, six assists, six steals and five blocks against New York.

A ``5X5'' had been accomplished only twice before in the past decade, by Indiana's Jamaal Tinsley in 2001 and by Vlade Divac of the Lakers in 1995.

``If you take a look at a few more games, I was close to those stats _ four blocks, three steals,'' Kirilenko said. ``Every game, almost every game, I'm trying to be all-around _ trying to rebound, steal the ball, blocking shots, score.

``I think every player wants to do that, be all-around, but most players try to concentrate more on offense or defense. I think it's not right. You need to concentrate both and be aggressive both ends, then you can help much more your team,'' Kirilenko said.

Opposing players and coaches are effusive in their praise.

``I don't think the guy has a weakness,'' Milwaukee guard Damon Jones said.

``He's really blossomed. He can guard just about anybody,'' Bucks coach Terry Porter said.

``You're never safe just rebounding the ball. He's everywhere,'' Wizards guard Larry Hughes said.

``He blocks shots, he gets deflections, he gets steals, he cuts hard, he screens hard and is quick around the basket. He's got extra long arms, great wingspan. He plays so hard,'' Washington's Eddie Jordan said, ``he makes them go right now.''

While doing so much on the basketball court, Kirilenko lives a full and colorful life off it, too.

The happy-go-lucky 22-year-old is endlessly cheerful and upbeat, a fan favorite whose jersey outsells those of all the other Jazz players at sporting goods stores in Utah.

Kirilenko communicates personally with fans through his Web site, often tending to the English and Russian pages from a laptop aboard the team plane. A professional since age 15 after joining a special sporting academy at 11, Kirilenko bought a home in the foothills of the Wasatch Mountains near the wide-open expanses of the West.

He is not ashamed to admit he took his silver Porshe _ the one with the AK-47 license plates (his initials and uniform number), onto an open stretch of freeway in the Salt Flats west of Salt Lake City last summer and got it up to 200 mph. ``It was just one time,'' he explained. ``After that I never do it again because it's scary.''

The love of Kirilenko's life is Russian pop star Masha Lopatova, his wife and the mother of their 22-month-old son, Fedya. Kirilenko appeared in one of Lopatova's videos, dancing with her at a nightclub in an autobiographical song about breaking up with one boyfriend and finding another.

Those who have seen the video say Kirilenko should stick to his day job, although Lopatova's hit ``Saharniy'' (which loosely translates to ``Sugary'' in English) rose to No. 1 on MTV Russia earlier this year.

``He's got a bad haircut,'' Portland guard Jeff McInnis said, laughing. ``But really, I love him. He's a great player ... and he's so young, he's only going to get better.''

On a talk show in Utah earlier this month, Kirilenko explained the reasoning behind his haircut, saying he wanted to continue feeling young _ a comment that prompted his wife to shake her head.

Rather than go with the traditional mohawk that begins at the center of the skull with a broad band of hair atop the head, Kirilenko had his barber extend the hair strip all the way down the back. And rather than shaving the sides bald, Kirilenko went for a trim.

``He tested my patience a little bit with his haircut,'' Sloan remarked.

Kirilenko took offense when someone asked what happened with the haircut, though he conceded it needed a touchup _ especially the yellowish-blond top.

Everything else about Kirilenko looks just fine _ especially those stat lines.

Utah's Ben Handlogten missed the Jazz's 87-74 loss night to the New Jersey because his wife, Danielle, had gone into labor with the couple's third child in Boston.

"Michael Handlogten, an eight-pound, nine-ounce boy, was born at 7 p.m., or just before game time. Mother and child are doing well, and Handlogten expects to rejoin the team for Friday's game in, coincidentally, Boston."

"Surgery to place a plate in Curtis Borchardt's broken right wrist was a success, trainer Gary Briggs said. The hand was placed in a cast and Borchardt will be examined by Dr. Lard Swenson again on Sunday, before flying to his parents' home in Texas to spend the holidays. Borchardt is expected to miss 8-9 weeks."

It seems like Utah Jazz center Curtis Borchardt cannot catch a break.

In Friday's game against the Sacramento Kings, Borchardt suffered a broken right wrist and will need surgery to repair it.

"The break "was too big to let it heal on its own," said Jazz trainer Gary Briggs. "It it doesn't heal smoothly, it can hinder your wrist movement. . . . It can block the range of motion. The plate is to make sure it heals exactly right."

Borchardt is expected to miss eight to nine weeks of action.

A day after returning to the lineup for Utah, Jazz guard Carlos Arroyo's sprained right ankle was sore.

"It was more sore than I thought it would be, but it didn't swell up," Arroyo said. "It still hurts when I get up, but once you're on the court, it gets better as I warm up.

Utah Jazz forward Michael Ruffin went through a hard workout Sunday to test his strained abdominal muscle.

"He's been going hard, then easy, hard, then easy," Briggs said. "We'll see how he is [today]. If he's not too sore, we'll try two hard days in a row." The prognosis? "Best case," Briggs said, "I guess he could play on this trip sometime."