With the Utah Jazz battling for position in a very tight Western Conference, they couldn’t afford a bad loss to the Houston Rockets. After blowing a 14-point lead around the halfway point of the fourth quarter due to a 12-2 Rockets run, the Jazz backcourt made the last ten seconds of regulation quite exciting.
The game was tied late when Donovan Mitchell dished to Mike Conley as he stumbled in the lane, and Conley dropped a triple from the right corner to put Utah up 117-114 with 8.3 seconds to go in the fourth.
A look at that @mconley11 triple 🏔🎤 pic.twitter.com/tpNFYAWdZD
— Utah Jazz (@utahjazz) March 3, 2022
However, Rockets forward Christian Wood tied the game moments later with a last-second three-pointer to force overtime.
Conley carried his momentum into the extra period to bail the Utah Jazz out for a 132-127 win, their third straight. The 34-year-old point guard scored nine of his 15 points, eight assists, and four steals in the extra period.
When the Rockets took a 124-123 lead on a three-point play from Kevin Porter Jr., Conley responded with consecutive three-pointers to give Utah a five-point lead, and some needed breathing room with just over a minute left in the game.
Cool.
— Utah Jazz (@utahjazz) March 3, 2022
Calm.
Conley. pic.twitter.com/1YNmvFsMpB
Then the Ohio State product closed out the game at the free-throw line with three crucial free throws, cementing a 132-127 Jazz win over the Rockets. After the game, Conley talked about the trust he’s built with Mitchell and how he mentally dealt with the pressure of overtime.
📹| “That time of the game, there’s something about it. You want to lock in a little bit more.”#walkoffinterview | @lhmauto pic.twitter.com/JPJssaCPik
— Utah Jazz (@utahjazz) March 3, 2022
The Utah Jazz (39-22) have won nine of their last ten games going into their matchup against the New Orleans Pelicans on(26-36) on Friday.
