Houston 100, Utah 86

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Houston 100, Utah 86
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By CHRIS DUNCAN, AP Sports Writer
January 5, 2007

Utah Jazz' Carlos Boozer (5) charges into Houston Rockets' Juwan Howard, left, during the second quarter of their NBA basketball game Friday, Jan. 5, 2007, in Houston.
AP - Jan 5, 9:58 pm EST
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HOUSTON (AP) -- Tracy McGrady scored a season-high 44 points, Dikembe Mutombo grabbed a season-best 19 rebounds and the Houston Rockets beat the Utah Jazz 100-86 on Friday night for their fifth straight victory.

McGrady topped 30 points for the fourth consecutive game. He hit 14 of 31 shots and went 13-for-16 from the free-throw line, reaching 40 points for the 39th time in his career.

He fell four points shy of his high game in three seasons with Houston, set against Dallas in December 2004. McGrady's career high is 62 points, accomplished in his final season with Orlando.

Mutombo had a double-digit rebound total for the fifth straight game. The 40-year-old center has ably filled in for the injured Yao Ming, out at least six weeks with a broken right leg. The Rockets are 5-1 without Yao.

Carlos Boozer had 15 points and 17 rebounds and Deron Williams scored 19 points for Utah, which never recovered from Houston's game-opening 15-3 spurt.

McGrady led the opening run, swishing two 3-pointers in the first 2 minutes, then blowing by Derek Fisher for an easy layup. McGrady ended the burst with a 3-pointer from the wing, confidently nodding as he trotted down the court and setting the tone for his big night.

The Jazz missed six of their first seven shots before Fisher's 3-pointer with 8:15 left in the first quarter.

McGrady scored 17 points in the first, but missed consecutive off-balance shots before going to the bench for a rest. The Jazz trailed 29-19 after the opening quarter.

Houston coach Jeff Van Gundy used mostly reserves for the first 5 minutes of the second quarter, but the Jazz could only get within nine. McGrady returned with 6:46 left in the half and, after Rafer Alston hit a 3-pointer, McGrady scored again to put Houston up 42-28.

McGrady missed a 3-pointer, but Mutombo grabbed the offensive rebound, then found McGrady for another driving layup that put the Rockets up 48-32.

Utah finished the half with a 9-1 run, capped by Williams' banked-in 3-pointer from 33 feet at the buzzer that cut Houston's lead to 54-45. McGrady had 27 points at the break.

Fisher went 1-for-6 in the first half and rookie Ronnie Brewer started the second half in his place. Brewer promptly converted a three-point play to draw the Jazz within six.

The Rockets answered with a 14-3 run that McGrady finished with a smooth turnaround over Brewer. The Rockets' lead reached 73-53 before Brewer's second three-point play triggered a 15-4 Utah burst.

Houston rebuilt a 12-point lead by the end of the third quarter and stayed comfortably ahead as McGrady kept pouring in points. He swished a baseline fadeaway over Matt Harpring at the 6-minute mark to put Houston up 95-81, then drained another shot from the same side over Andrei Kirilenko to extend it to 98-81.

Appropriately, McGrady had the ball as the buzzer sounded and gently laid it on the court as the final seconds ticked off.

Notes

Boozer finished two rebounds shy of his season high, set against Houston in the opener. Boozer has 25 double-doubles this season. ... Rockets reserve Kirk Snyder was in uniform, but did not play. Snyder has been out since breaking his right hand against New York on Nov. 21. He practiced with a bandage on his hand Friday and Van Gundy said Snyder wasn't ready to play.

Updated on Friday, Jan 5, 2007 11:13 pm EST

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