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The Houston Rockets eventhough on the road had a lot of confidence going into last nights game against the Utah Jazz.  The Rockets are the only team in the NBA to beat the Jazz at home twice this season and wanted to make it three times plus the road teams in this playoff series coming into tonight has won all the road games.  The Rockets started out solid but in the second quarter only scored 15 points and was down at the half 46-38.  That seemed to be the downfall for the Rockets who for the game shot 36% .  The Jazz wasn’t doing much better especially at the free throw line they were 0-14 for the game.  The Jazz didn’t even make a three pointer throughout the whole game.  The leading scorer for the Jazz was point guard Deron Williams with 17 there were 6 players for the Jazz in double figures. The big play for this game was made by Center Mehment Okur who had 14 points and 18 rebounds and hit a key basket as the clock was winding down at the 4th quarter. “I tried to get myself going, stay active and mix my game up a little bit,” Okur said. “The ball didn’t fall for us, especially from the 3-point line tonight, but we were able to get the rebounds and get to the free-throw line.” The Jazz now lead the series 3-1 and will try to close out the Rockets in there building game 5 at the Toyata Center