The Houston Rockets put on their best defensive showing of the season in Salt Lake City Sunday night, stonewalling the Utah Jazz to take a 3-1 series lead in the conference semifinals.
Chris Paul was resplendent, playing within himself, scoring at will in the midrange and distributing beautifully. He finished with 27 points, 12 rebounds(!), 6 assists and one turnover. Clint Capela was his usual fantastic self until the last two and a half minutes minutes of the game, when he might as well have gobbled up a Mario star because he was invincible in the paint.