On Monday night, the Utah Jazz managed to do something few have done this season. They stymied the Houston Rockets’ vaunted offensive attack. After 24 minutes of play, James Harden and Co. had scored just 39 points — more than 20 points below their first-half season average of nearly 60 points.
Even with the Rockets coming alive in the second half, by night’s end they had knocked down just 27 percent of their 3-pointers and were sitting on their lowest point total (96) since October. Alas, the Jazz band was playing some sour notes on the other end of the floor.