Gobert, Jazz rout Rockets
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Salt Lake City, UT (SportsNetwork.com) - Rudy Gobert had another monster outing to help the Utah Jazz rout the Houston Rockets, 109-91, on Thursday night.
Gobert, who grabbed a career-high 24 rebounds in a win at Memphis on March 3, contributed a career-high 19 points and 22 rebounds against the Rockets.
Gordon Hayward paced Utah with 29 points and Rodney Hood had a career-high 20 points.
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"On the defensive end, we get stops and we get out in transition, that's a big plus for us as a team. When we knock down shots it's going to be hard to beat us," Hood said.
The Jazz won their season-high fourth straight game and seventh in their last eight.
Corey Brewer went for a team-high 25 points off the bench in the loss, while James Harden was limited to 15 points on 3-of-13 shooting.
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"They just dominated the paint. We couldn't make a jump shot for a while there. They played well, dominated the glass. We had nothing for them," Rockets coach Kevin McHale said.
Utah jumped out to an 11-4 over the first four-plus minutes of the first quarter, then it later extended the margin to 12 on a Hayward 3-pointer.
Houston, which has lost two straight, went on a 9-0 run moments later to cut the deficit to 24-21, and the Jazz brought a five-point edge into the second.
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The Rockets went scoreless for over three minutes midway through the second, but Utah could not take much of an advantage as Joe Ingles' jumper pushed the Jazz up 40-34. Hayward's free throws closed the half with under a second on the clock to give the hosts a 53-43 lead.
Ingles canned a 3-pointer with under 3 1/2 minutes left in the third that stretched Utah's margin to 22 and it cruised the rest of the way to extend its winning streak.
Game Notes
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Houston closes out its four-game road trip on Sunday against the Clippers ... The Rockets went 7-of-32 (21.9 percent) from beyond the arc ... Gobert tied an NBA season-high with 18 over the first two quarters ... Ingles, Dante Exum and Derrick Favors each scored 10 points in the win ... Utah held a 57-37 edge on the glass.