In what may be a playoff seed-altering game, the Utah Jazz (30-24) failed to put up when it mattered, falling 125-98 to James Harden and the Houston Rockets (30-22).
Not only was Saturday evening’s contest a chance for the Jazz to win the season series over the Rockets for just the third time in the last 10 years, it also presented an opportunity to move up in the Western Conference standings. A win would have bumped the Jazz from seventh to sixth, leapfrogging the Rockets, who remain in that sixth slot one game behind the Spurs.