Fred VanVleet scored a season-high 34 points (17 in the first quarter) with 10 3-pointers, and the Houston Rockets routed the Utah Jazz 147-119 for their eighth straight win.
The Rockets led by as many as 35, pulling away with a 27-5 run in the first quarter.
Jalen Green scored 41 points (21 on 7 3-pointers) on 15 for 22 shooting, and Jeff Green added a season-high 21 points off the bench. The Rockets had 2 30-point scorers. Jalen Green and VanVleet set each other up for 6 baskets and 16 points, 4 of them 3-pointers.
For the Jazz, John Collins scored 25 points on 7 for 9 shooting, and Collin Sexton added 20 points and 8 assists.
The Rockets shot 55.7% from the field and 55.1% from 3 to the Jazz’s 44.9% and 29.7%. The Rockets made 27 3-pointers, 10 of them by VanVleet and 7 by Jalen Green. They outscored the Jazz 30-17 on the fast break. The Jazz outscored the Rockets 31-19 in 12 minutes with Sexton, Lewis, Potter, Kessler and Sensabaugh on the floor together.