HOUSTON (AP) — Jabari Smith Jr. anotó 31 puntos y capturó nueve rebotes, y Amen Thompson sumó 20 unidades, mientras los Rockets de Houston vencieron 125-105 al Jazz de Utah el lunes por la noche. Smith encestó sus primeros cinco tiros e igualó su mejor marca personal con 14 puntos en el primer cuarto.

Alperen Sengun pulled off some neat moves to complete a reverse dunk in the Rockets' matchup against the Jazz on Monday night.

The latest power rankings by Marc Stein have the Houston Rockets as a low-end top-ten team, which has been the theme of the latest round of power rankings.

Houston hosted the Utah Jazz in a game that got out of hand quickly, as the Rockets held a double-digit lead through the entire second half and cruised to a 125-105 win.

The Rockets turned the ball over nine times in the fourth quarter as they coughed up a big lead and lost in the final seconds.

An ex-Rocket felt like Pippen acted as if he were MJ.

A development that some people noticed from the game was that guard Reed Sheppard, who knocked down 10 points in 21 minutes, was absent from the closing stretches. That begs the question: Could Reed Sheppard have helped Houston avoid their late-game collapse?

Jazz guard Vince Williams Jr. will have an MRI in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, but many fear that his season is over