Houston • There are myriad reasons why the Jazz pulled out the victory in Game 4 on Monday night — a strong defensive effort that forced the Rockets into 0-for-13 shooting on fourth-quarter 3-pointers; big advantages in points in the paint (52-22), rebounds (52-35), bench scoring (28-5), second-chance points (17-3) …
Perhaps the most obvious answer, though, is that star guard Donovan Mitchell, after entering the fourth quarter with only 12 points, wound up outscoring the Rockets in the fourth quarter all by himself, 19-12.
Mitchell said something in him snapped when he shanked a gimme bucket, and he became all the more determined to attack.