Matthews 23 points Wood 13+16 Rocket Lick Jazz! Mitchell is absent

The NBA regular season continued on Jan. 20, with Mitchell sidelined in this game. In the end, the Rockets defeated the Jazz 116-111.

At the beginning of the first quarter, Tate came up and scored eight points to help the Rockets start 8-2. After scoring each other, Conley made a layup and Gobert approached 2+1, but Gordon and Porter combined to play an 8-2 wave to open the gap again. The two sides then faced off three points, and finally Gordon hooked up and Matthews hit three free throws to help the Rockets lead by nine points at 36-27 to end the first quarter.

In the second quarter, Gobert came up and scored four points in a row to narrow the gap. Then both sides scored, and the Jazz suddenly hit a 16-5 comeback! After each taking four points, Ingles opened up the point gap with three points, and Gordon slammed the bleeding to stop the bleeding, and the Jazz led by five points at 62-57.

Easy to fight again, Gobert came up and scored four points in a row to pull away slightly, Porter quickly approached three points, but the Jazz continued to extend the lead with another wave of 9-2! Then the Jazz suddenly lost power, made consecutive iron mistakes, and the Rockets took advantage of the situation to hit a wave of 18-1 rebound scores! Clarkson jumper and Conley regained the lead with three points, but Wood hit another long-range whistle-pointer!! The Rockets led by two points at 83-81 in the third quarter.

The last quarter began, and after a series of mutual scoring, Tate even scored 5 points to lead the team to a wave of 8-2 to open the point difference! Not to be outdone, the Jazz quickly responded with a 7-2 approach, but Matthews' three-pointer stabilized the situation! The Jazz were about to score 5 points to chase 2 points again, and the game also came to the last minute, and after each of them hit 2 goals, Porter basically locked in the victory with three points! With only 21 seconds left for the Jazz, Conley conceded and Matthews made a steady 2-goal shot to kill the game!

On the Rockets side, Tate 18 points, Wood 13 points and 16 boards, Gordon 16 points, Porter 15 points and 8 assists, Matthews 23 points

For the Jazz, Bojan has 29 points, Gobert 23 points and 9 boards, Conley 17 points, Ingles 10 points, 5 boards and 6 assists, Clarkson 19 points and O'Neal 3 points and 15 boards