To say the Houston Rockets were shorthanded in a showdown with the Utah Jazz last January would be an understatement. The team was without three of their starters and their three best players at the time in James Harden, Russell Westbrook and Clint Capela. Still, they managed to dominate a healthy Jazz squad on the back of Eric Gordon.
In a game where the Rockets’ biggest deficit was just four points, Gordon dropped a career-high 50 points to drop the Jazz in their own building, 126-117. Even more demoralizing for Utah, they actually shot a better percentage for the game, shooting 50.