About to tip it off. Rockets are without Clint Capela, Ryan Anderson, Eric Gordon and Brandan Wright.
Rockets are 30-1 with Chris Paul, James Harden and Capela but no Capela tonight
Rockets are 18-2 when Harden takes 12 threes and 33-4 when he takes 10, 9-6 if <10
Rockets are 30-1 with Chris Paul, James Harden and Capela but no Capela tonight
Rockets are 18-2 when Harden takes 12 threes and 33-4 when he takes 10, 9-6 if <10
First timeout and Rockets lead it 11-7. Harden driving to the basket and finishing at the rim. Rockets 21 of 33 in restricted area in game 1 v. Jazz and 15 of 36 in game 2
Jazz on a 10-0 run and take the lead 19-16 - Crowder hits a three and the crowd erupts, Jazz have broken Harden rhythm for the moment with great defense from O'Neale and Jerebko
Jazz lead it after 1 - 21-19. Rockets average first quarter is 31 points, Rockets are 14-3 when they trail after 1. That is incredible, 10-0 Jazz run the key to the quarter,
Crowder and AB hit threes and the Jazz lead it by 10 29-19. Rockets have only trailed by 10 18 times this season and only 5% of the minutes this season. Rockets just 2 for 12 from three. 22 to 5 run since 1st quarter
We are only reviewing because Chris Paul threw a fit. They stopped the play so they could let Chris Paul freak out
For my next NBA experience I would love to sit down with an NBA official and re-watch this film and see if I completely don't understand their job or if this game is as badly called as I think it is
Both coaches are firing off the bench complaining about the calls on virtually every possession tonight. Jazz lead it 44-32 with 2:50 in 2nd quarter
From what I saw in the first half I can think of some people who seem scared of the Rockets and it isn't the Jazz
First Half is over and the Jazz lead the Rockets 44-39. Rockets shot 11 free throws in the 2nd quarter and the Jazz didn't shot a free throw. Rockets close the half on a 10-0 run. Rockets hit on just 2 of 16 from three and have an EFG of 39.4%
Defensive game at the half. Both teams have an offensive rating of under 100. Jazz offensive rating is 98 and Rockets is 86.9. James Harden has taken 3 three pointers. Magic number is to keep him below 10 attempts,
Rockets are 1 of 13 on above the break 3 point shots in the first half after making 48 of 99 in the first three games v, the Utah Jazz this season
Rockets on a 8-0 run. Trevor Ariza hits back to back threes. Both caused by arguing for non calls, first Crowder thought he got pushed on missed layup and didn't get back then Ingles thought he got held by Mbah a Moute and Mitchell forced into three attempts leading to run out
Rockets lead it 59-57 with 5:17 left in the 3rd quarter
Rockets go on a 9-2 run to close the 3rd quarter. James Harden carried the Rockets for much of the quarter. Rockets lead it 70-63 and are 40-2 when leading going into the 4th quarter
For the third straight game after a good shooting first quarter the Jazz aren't hitting shots. Jazz are 11 of 34 since the 1st quarter and 4 of 16 from 3
Jazz inability to get anything going offensively is forcing the defense into tough situations and Jazz now trail by 12 - Rockets 77 Jazz 65 with 9:18 left in the 4th. From a Rockets perspective this is pretty awesome without Capela, Anderson and Gordon
The depth of the Rockets team is eye opening. Without three primary guys they have had 240 minutes of solid lineups tonight. Defensively on a back end of a back to back they have been terrific
Rockets playing with Paul, Harden, Ariza, Mbah a Moute, and Joe Johnson to close
Very impressive win by the Rockets - 12th straight. Jazz did so many things they wanted to do tonight defensively - Harden took just 5 three balls - Rockets took just 33 of 79 shots as three way below their 50% average. Rockets win with defense
Final Score - Rockets 96 Jazz 85. Gobert leads the Jazz with 17 points
