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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Keyonte George scored 30 points and Lauri Markkanen added 23 points and 10 rebounds to rally the Utah Jazz to a 124-115 victory over the Houston Rockets on Saturday night. Walker Kessler had 11 points and 17 rebounds, and Isaiah Collier added 12 points and 10 assists to help Utah snap a two-game skid. Alperen Sengun led Houston with 27 points and 12 rebounds. Jalen Green added 25 points and 10 assists, and Amen Thompson had 23 points. Aaron Holiday and Thompson made back-to-back 3-pointers to put the Rockets up 96-89. But the Jazz surged ahead for good behind a 21-5 run. Three straight baskets, capped by Cody Williams’ layup, gave Utah a 110-101 lead with 5:59 left. Sengun and Dillion Brooks each scored a pair of baskets to key an early 13-2 spurt that gave Houston a 45-40 lead midway through the second quarter. Utah chipped away at the deficit, but did not retake a lead again until the third quarter when Markkanen bookended a string of four straight baskets that powered a 13-5 run. Kessler’s alley-oop dunk three possessions later punctuated that run and put the Jazz up 77-76. Takeaways Rockets: Houston committed
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LOGAN – Utah State overpowered San Diego State in the final four minutes of its Saturday-evening showdown, going on a 14-2 run and claiming a 79-71 victory to shore up control of second place in the Mountain West standings while keeping hope alive for a regular season title. Obviously, that run came at the most critical time but it defied the growing trend that had been building for the 10 minutes leading up to USU’s late push. San Diego State, after shooting 32.4 percent for the entire game to that point, suddenly couldn’t miss as each of its players turned into prime Steph Curry. The Aztecs drained 11 of 13 shots over the 10-minute span. The Aggies kept ahead for most of that span, hitting 8 of 15 themselves. But the shooting barrage proved too much and it looked as though they’d be overwhelmed. With 3:42 remaining, SDSU took its largest lead of the night. “A lot of screaming, to be honest with you,” USU head coach Jerrod Calhoun said about that stretch. Really was disappointed in that stretch. We’ve been really on them to finish. We’ve been making it really hard in practice. We’ve been doing a drill, we
