The Utah Jazz stormed to a 116-108 victory over the Houston Rockets to tie the NBA playoff series at one game apiece.
Joe Ingles scored two career-highs, recording 27 points and making seven three-pointers, while Donovan Mitchell’s 11 assists marked a franchise rookie record in a playoff game.
It was not all plain-sailing for the Jazz, however, as they squandered a big early lead to allow Houston back into the game.
Joe Ingles sinks an #NBAPlayoffs franchise record 7 triples (27 PTS) to help the @utahjazz even the series at 1! #TakeNote pic.twitter.com/PlncVDPRlM
— NBA (@NBA) May 3, 2018
Having led by as many 19 points in the first half, they found themselves facing a tight scoreline heading into the final quarter.
But the Rockets could not keep up the pace, and the Jazz pulled away with just minutes left until the final buzzer.
James Harden impressed for the Rockets with 32 points and 11 assists, while Chris Paul added 23 points.
?| @spidadmitchell set a new Jazz rookie record for assists in a playoff game with 11, passing John Stockon’s previous record of 10 in 1985.
17p | 11a | 5r | 2s#TakeNote pic.twitter.com/BQGkAbPLaM
— Utah Jazz (@utahjazz) May 3, 2018
It was the first time the Rockets had lost to the Jazz this season following five previous meetings.
The third game of the Western Conference semi-finals will take place on Friday.
