Georges Niang tied his career-high with 24 points, Jordan Clarkson scored 21 and Bojan Bogdanovic added 20 as the Utah Jazz cruised past the Houston Rockets 124-116 Saturday night in Salt Lake City.
It was the fifth win in a row for Utah, which continues to play without injured All-Star guards Donovan Mitchell and Mike Conley.
Utah (50-18) became the first team in the NBA to reach the 50-win mark while also stretching its lead for the No. 1 seed in the playoffs over idle Phoenix (48-19) to 1 1/2 games.
Georges: 24p | 6 3pm | 2r | 2a | 2s
JC: 21p | 4a | 3r | 2 3pm
Bogey: 20p | 5r | 2a | 1 3pm
Joe: 14p | 7a | 6r | 2 3pm
Rudy: 13p | 14r | 3b
Royce: 13p | 6a | 5r
Trent: 8p | 6r | 3a
Fav: 6p | 5r | 1s
Matt: 5p | 2r | 1a#podiumpostgame | @PodiumHQ pic.twitter.com/jUAn8W9ED5— utahjazz (@utahjazz) May 9, 2021
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