Utah Jazz steal Game 2 from the Houston Rockets

Donovan Mitchell told Dan Patrick that the Utah Jazz had made adjustments to guard James Harden, and the Houston Rockets, before the game. It worked.

Harden shot 2/10 from three but still managed to score 32 points. How’d he do it? He went 12/13 from the free throw line.

With Utah running Harden, and all the Rockets, off the three point line, the Rockets ran a lot of the James Harden/Clint Capela alley-oop and it worked pretty well. Capela scored 21 points on 10/15 shooting. It took everything the Jazz had to hold him off.

Joe Ingles was a major factor in the Jazz victory going 7/9 from three. When Ingles is hitting his threes at that rate, the Jazz are incredibly difficult to guard.

Dante Exum had a HUGE impact on the game. He was tasked with guarding Harden and helped to keep him to 2/10 from three and drew a big offensive foul at the end of the game. He also had a game sealing dunk that took any chance the Rockets had at a victory.

Donovan Mitchell took the brunt of the Houston offense and when they double-teamed him he found the right man. Mitchell ended the game with 11 assists!