NBA-OT win lifts Jazz past Rockets into 8th place
- 8 years ago
After being one of the hottest teams in the NBA before the All-Star break, the Utah Jazz were in danger of losing more ground in the playoff race Tuesday night.
Despite a hot-shooting performance, the Jazz lost a double-digit lead and came close to dropping 1 1/2 games behind the Houston Rockets in the Western Conference standings.
Instead, the second-least-experienced team in the NBA did something it has struggled to do for years: winning a close game.
Houston guard James Harden led all scorers with 42 points, but forward Gordon Hayward and the Jazz spoiled his big night with an important 117-114 overtime victory over the Rockets.
"This was not like a real pretty game by any means, but it's a game that we won," Utah coach Quin Snyder said.
"We got a group that's learning how to do that."
Despite a hot-shooting performance, the Jazz lost a double-digit lead and came close to dropping 1 1/2 games behind the Houston Rockets in the Western Conference standings.
Instead, the second-least-experienced team in the NBA did something it has struggled to do for years: winning a close game.
Houston guard James Harden led all scorers with 42 points, but forward Gordon Hayward and the Jazz spoiled his big night with an important 117-114 overtime victory over the Rockets.
"This was not like a real pretty game by any means, but it's a game that we won," Utah coach Quin Snyder said.
"We got a group that's learning how to do that."