WEST 1ST ROUND - GAME 2 • HOU leads series 2-0

50-32, 21-20 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Jazz UTAH	19	25	23	31	98
Rockets HOU	39	31	25	23	118

Houston RocketsRocketsHOU

53-29, 31-10 Home

118

53-29, 31-10 Home

Utah Jazz @ Houston Rockets

Matchups

UTAH

HOU leads series

2-0

HOU

Game 1@ HOU

Final

122

Game 2@ HOU

Final

118

101

Game 3@ UTAH

Final

104

107

Game 4@ UTAH

Final

Game 5@ HOU

Final

100

Game Information

Houston, TX

TNTAT&TSN

Referee:Tony Brown

Referee:Zach Zarba

Referee:Tony Brown

Referee:Tom Washington

Western Conference

Northwest	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Utah	3	1	.750	-	W2
Portland	3	1	.750	-	L1
Denver	3	2	.600	0.5	W1
Minnesota	3	3	.500	1	L2
Oklahoma City	1	4	.200	2.5	L1

Southwest	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Memphis	3	1	.750	-	W2
New Orleans	3	1	.750	-	W2
Houston	2	1	.667	0.5	W1
San Antonio	2	3	.400	1.5	W2
Dallas	1	3	.250	2	L2

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