Jazz 目的（とする） to parlay big 復帰 into 勝利，勝つ streak at ロケット／急騰するs
It might sound 独断的な and 無作為の, but there are in-game moments when the tide turns to bending wills, when sheer 成果／努力 is more than enough to 影響（力） the 結果 of a contest.
The Utah Jazz had lost five straight games and appeared en 大勝する to number six on Friday when they 追跡するd the Portland 追跡する Blazers by 14 at the half. But in the third ４半期/4分の1, the Jazz reached that breaking point where enough was enough and fought their way to a 117-114 victory.
Utah now travels to 直面する the Houston ロケット／急騰するs on Sunday, acutely aware of the かかわり合い needed to 勝利，勝つ at the clip it did 事前の to losing to the ロケット／急騰するs at home on Jan. 27 -- the 後退 that 始めるd the skid it snapped on Friday.
"I think there are times when you have to change what you're doing and there are other times where you have to dig in and compete and do it better," Jazz coach Quin Snyder said. "More than any 決裂／故障 there were some plays in the first half that were just grit-type plays that we didn't make. I thought you just get to a point where nothing else 事柄s except competing and winning the game, and that usually manifests itself on the 防御の end.
"Our guys put whatever else they were thinking about (aside), whether it be individual 関心s or considerations or not making a 発射 or whatever the things are that are going through your mind that takes your 焦点（を合わせる） away from the 防御の end. That's what we （機の）カム out in the third ４半期/4分の1 and did."
Utah 宙返り／暴落するd from second to fifth in the Western 会議／協議会 standings before （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域ing Portland and passing the ロケット／急騰するs in the 過程 as Houston 苦しむd a blowout 敗北・負かす at 不死鳥／絶品.
The ロケット／急騰するs had their modest four-game winning streak snapped in the 127-91 loss. Houston fell to 5-4 without All-星／主役にする guard Russell Westbrook (残り／休憩（する）), who sat in the second game of a 支援する-to-支援する に引き続いて a riveting 10-point victory over the Los Angeles Lakers Thursday at 中心的要素s 中心.
"It's 堅い. It's a tou gh 支援する-to-支援する," ロケット／急騰するs 今後 P.J. Tucker said. "It's 堅い to get 支援する the energy and emotions from (Thursday) night. We just didn't come out and play 井戸／弁護士席."
The ロケット／急騰するs' 決定／判定勝ち（する） to lean fully into playing small remains a talking point throughout the NBA. Houston jettisoned 中心 Clint Capela and acquired 今後 Robert Covington 事前の to the 貿易（する） 最終期限 on Thursday. The ロケット／急騰するs overcame the Lakers' 重要な size advantage but were 大打撃を与えるd on the boards at 不死鳥／絶品, 降伏するing a 51-29 回復するing 辛勝する／優位 to the Suns.
不死鳥／絶品 failed to parlay that advantage into anything noteworthy offensively, 記録，記録的な／記録するing just 11 second-chance points on 10 不快な／攻撃 回復するs. Relatedly, the Suns 発射 55.8 パーセント from the 床に打ち倒す.
"The second-chance points were even. How about that?" ロケット／急騰するs coach マイク D'Antoni said with a wry smile. "Of course they didn't 行方不明になる any 発射s. That's one way to get over that."
--Field Level マスコミ
