At halftime of Wednesday night’s showdown between the Utah Jazz and the Houston Rockets, the game appeared to be following a script similar to other contests between the teams at the Toyota Center. The Jazz were scuffling, down by 15 and looked to be well on their way to yet another double-digit loss in Houston.
Then, it happened.
Call it a Quin Snyder “Wake Up!” moment, rising to the occasion or just a poor decision by Rockets coach J.B. Bickerstaff to stop trapping on pick-and-rolls. Whatever it was, the Jazz were a different team in the second half with playoff positioning at stake.