Rockets out to humble Jazz


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2020/21 National Basketball Association (NBA) season

Regular Season

Houston Rockets v Utah Jazz 

Toyota Center
Houston, Texas, USA 
Friday, 23 April 2021 
 
Houston Rockets will face off with Utah Jazz in a National Basketball Association (NBA) match at the Toyota Center on April 22. 
 
This will be the 206th meeting between the two teams with the Jazz having the upper hand. 
 
The Jazz have been dominant registering 107 wins compared to Houston's 98 victories. 
 
Their last meeting was on 13 March 2021 and the Jazz secured a 114-99 victory over the Heat in a game which was played at the Vivint Arena.
 
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The Rockets are placed 14th on the Western Conference standings having registered 15 victories and 43 defeats. 
 
They suffered a 128-99 defeat to Denver Nuggets in their last home match which was played on 17 April 2021.
 

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As a result, the Rockets are winless in their last two home matches having recorded two consecutive defeats. 
 
Meanwhile, the Jazz are placed at the top of the Western Conference standings having recorded 43 victories and 15 defeats.
 
They defeated Los Angeles Lakers 111-97 in their last away game which was played on 20 April 2021.
 
Quin Snyder - Jazz coach
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The win ended the Jazz's three-match winless run on the road having recorded three successive defeats before they took on the Lakers. 
 
Quin Synder, the Jazz head coach, has provided an update on Donovan Mitchell, who recently picked up an injury against Indiana Pacers. 
 
"We hope that it's nothing serious. There in the process of doing everything they can do to assess that," Snyder said. 

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"As far as playing without any player, whether it be Donovan, Mike [Conley], Rudy [Gobert], whoever it is. There's stretches of the game every game, guys don't play 48 minutes.
 
"Obviously, Donovan, it's as I said a big, big part of what we do, but that's where guys gotta come together and try to figure it out."
 

Head-to-Head (Last Five NBA Matches)


Matches - 5
Rockets - 3
Jazz - 2
 

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Published: 04/22/2021