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Rockets beat Jazz for third straight win
Tracy McGrady scored 25 points to help the Houston Rockets to their third straight victory, 99-80 over the Utah Jazz on Sunday night.
Early in the third quarter, Houston went on an 23-4 run that included four three-point plays, two by Yao Ming and one each by Sura and Juwan Howard.
Gordon Giricek had 15 points to lead five double-figure scorers for the Jazz, who lost their fifth straight.
After six lead changes and seven ties the first quarter, Houston went on an 8-0 run at the end of the period to finish with a 26-23 lead. McGrady had 10, including a 3 at the buzzer.
Utah scored the first seven points of the second quarter, but Sura brought the Rockets back by scoring seven points in a 9-2 run to take a 35-32 lead.
Giricek scored 11 in the first half to stake the Jazz to a 46-44 halftime lead.
The win put Houston over the .500 mark (16-15) for only the second time this season. The first was at 3-2 on Nov. 9.
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