Houston Rockets coach Stephen Silas started the night with a long list of problems.
“The Utah Jazz are a problem to defend,” he said before tipoff. Even without Donovan Mitchell and Mike Conley in the lineup “they’re still shooting a ton of 3s and getting out in transition. [Bojan] Bogdanovic is a problem. [Rudy] Gobert and all of the problems he creates.”
And while Silas didn’t list him by name, Georges Niang was absolutely a problem Saturday night.
The Utah Jazz forward tied his career-high and lead the team in scoring with 24 points in a 124-116 win over the Rockets at Vivint Arena.