HOUSTON (AP) — Chris Paul scored a playoff career-high 41 points with eight 3-pointers and the Houston Rockets beat the Utah Jazz 112-102 in Game 5 on Tuesday night to advance to the Western Conference finals. It will be Houston’s second trip to the conference finals in four years and […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Jazz will be shorthanded as they look to stave off elimination tonight in Houston when they take on the Rockets for Game Five of their second-round series. Guards Ricky Rubio and Dante Exum will not play. Rubio has been sidelined for the entire series with […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — James Harden had 25 points and 12 assists to lead Houston to a 113-92 win over Utah in Game 3 of their Western Conference semifinals series on Friday night. Eric Gordon added 25 points and Chris Paul had 15 points, seven rebounds and six assists […]
ROCKETS AT JAZZ Series tied 1-1. Game 3, 8:30 p.m. MDT, ESPN. NEED TO KNOW: Adversity, meet the Rockets. A team that had winning streaks of 11, 14 and 17 games in the regular season has now ceded home-court advantage to the Jazz. It’s not panic time for the NBA’s No. 1 […]
HOUSTON (AP) — Joe Ingles scored a career-high 27 points and the Utah Jazz squandered a huge early lead before using a big fourth quarter to regain control and beat the Houston Rockets 116-108 on Wednesday night and tie the Western Conference semifinals at 1-1. Ingles made a career-best seven […]
HOUSTON (AP) No one on the Utah Jazz is using the word ”stop” when referring to what they’ll try to do to James Harden in Game 2 of the Western Conference semifinals on Wednesday night after the Houston Rockets’ star scored 41 points in a Game 1 rout. They’re simply searching for ways to slow […]
HOUSTON (AP) — James Harden scored 41 points and the Houston Rockets raced out to a huge lead and sailed to a 110-96 win over the Utah Jazz in Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals on Sunday. Houston was up by 25 at halftime behind 34 points combined from […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Donovan Mitchell scored 38 points and the Utah Jazz held off the Oklahoma City Thunder 96-91 in Game 6 on Friday night to advance to the Western Conference semifinals. Russell Westbrook had 46 points for the Thunder and Steven Adams added 19 points and 16 […]
THUNDER AT JAZZ Jazz lead 3-2. Game 6, 8:30 p.m. MDT, ESPN. NEED TO KNOW: Westbrook finally broke out in Game 5 and took over. Oklahoma City got Utah post players Rudy Gobert and Derrick Favors in foul trouble, allowing Westbrook to play his normal aggressive style. Westbrook scored 33 of his 45 points in […]
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Russell Westbrook scored 45 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder rallied from 25 points down in the second half to fight off elimination and beat the Utah Jazz 107-99 on Wednesday night. Westbrook also had 15 rebounds and seven assists. Paul George added 34 points and […]
