HOUSTON — Joe Ingles scored a career-high 27 points and the Utah Jazz squandered a huge early lead before using a big fourth quarter to regain control and beat the Houston Rockets, 116-108, on Wednesday night and tie the Western Conference semifinals at one game apiece. Ingles made a career-best seven 3-pointers and the rookie Donovan Mitchell added 17 points and 11 assists for his first game this postseason where he scored fewer than 20 points and didn’t lead the team in scoring. The Jazz were behind by 2 points with eight minutes left before using a 16-2 run to pull away. “That’s in our DNA, that’s in our character, to withstand the run,” Mitchell said after the game. “Everybody stepped up and played well, I’m so proud of those guys.”After trailing by 25 points at halftime of the 110-96 loss in the series opener, the Jazz jumped out to an early lead on Wednesday and led by as many as 19 in the first half.

Source: New York Times May 03, 2018 05:26 UTC