Overview
- Kevin Durant was back from a two-game personal absence and scored 25 points on 11-of-14 shooting with six rebounds, four assists and three steals.
- Alperen Şengün paced Houston with 27 points, while Steven Adams posted 13 points and 12 boards off the bench and Amen Thompson handed out nine assists.
- Houston forced 17 Utah turnovers, converted them into 22 points and held Keyonte George to 0-for-6 with eight giveaways as the Jazz shot 9-for-32 from three.
- The Rockets dominated the glass 50-33 and pushed their road win streak to five, improving to 13-4 after leading by as many as 34.
- Both teams remained shorthanded, with Houston without Fred VanVleet (ACL), Dorian Finney-Smith and Tari Eason, and Utah missing Walker Kessler and Georges Niang, before a rematch Monday at the Delta Center.