If the regular-season series between the Utah Jazz and Houston Rockets is any indication, their second-round playoff series will be tough sledding for Utah against the team that finished the regular season with the best record in the NBA by a six-game margin.
Here’s a look back at the four games the teams played against one another during the regular season, a series Houston swept.
Sunday, Nov. 5, 2017, Toyota Center, Houston: Rockets 137, Jazz 110
League MVP candidate James Harden torched the Jazz for a career-high 56 points, finishing a point shy of the Rockets franchise record for points in a game after he subbed out with 7:32 remaining and Houston up 27.