Toyota Center - Jazz 85 - Rockets Defense Steps Up As Lowry Knocks Down Seven 3 - Pointers

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After two days and nights with seething next losing towards Timberwolves, Rockets trainer Kevin McHale needed change. Some improvements he bought weren big t planned.

Samuel Dalembert overlooked your pregame shoot-around, thus this individual came from the bench. Jordan Hill has been damage with Saturday vertisements practice, and so Greg Smith was called way up through the D-League that will take his spot inside rotation.

But there seems to be an additional modify McHale ordered. He desired some sort of gain of defense. When he became it, this Rockets closed decrease the particular Utah Jazz in the subsequent one half plenty of with the sharpshooting of Kyle Lowry and Luis Scola to carry these people to a 101-85 acquire Sunday from Toyota Center .

February: Rockets

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Feb. 19: Rockets 101, Jazz 85Rockets electricity frontward Luis Scola (4) out-rebounds Utah Jazz power onward Paul Millsap. Scola completed having 26 points plus nine rebounds. (Thomas B. Shea / For the particular Chronicle)Feb. 17: Timberwolves 111, Rockets 98Rockets defend Kevin Martin (12) yells inside discouragement soon after not often known a specialized potent free of charge toss in the first 1 / 2 regarding Friday night's sport towards the Timberwolves with Toyota Center . (Karen Warren / Houston Chronicle)Feb. 15: Rockets 96, Thunder 95Houston Rockets capturing guard Courtney Lee (5) efforts in order to argue a call up alongside the pup along with a new referee. (Nick de la Torre / Houston Chronicle) Feb. 14: Grizzlies 93, Rockets 83 Rockets onward Luis Scola, top, defends a new shot by simply Grizzlies forward Quincy Pondexter (20) in the earliest 50 % regarding Tuesday night's online game with Memphis, Tenn. (Alan Spearman / Associated Press) Feb. 12: Warriors 106, Rockets 97 Golden State's Ekpe Udoh, left, tries to stop Rockets frontward Luis Scola in the second fraction of Sunday's online game during Oracle Arena with Oakland, Cal. (SUSAN TRIPP POLLARD / McClatchy-Tribune News Service) Feb. 9: Rockets 96, Suns 89 Rockets shield Goran Dragic invests up a shot about Suns heart Marcin Gortat and safeguard Steve Nash. (Christian Petersen / Getty Images) Feb. 8: Rockets 103, Trail Blazers 96 Portland's LaMarcus Aldridge, left, loses that golf ball even though under pressure through Jordan Hill during the second 1 / 4 connected with Wednesday night's game inside Portland, Ore. (Rick Bowmer / Associated Press) Feb. 6: Rockets 99, Nuggets 90 Rockets guard Goran Dragic (3) out of rises next to Denver's Al Harrington (7) and also Chris Andersen (11) during the next quarter. (Jack Dempsey / Associated Press) Feb. 4: Timberwolves 100, Rockets 91 Timberwolves send Kevin Love devices around Rockets frontward Luis Scola within the other half. Love brought that Timberwolves by using 25 things plus eighteen rebounds although Scola had twenty-four tips for that Rockets. (Jim Mone / Associated Press) Feb. 3: Rockets 99, Suns 81 Rockets safeguard Kevin Martin shoots your container in the course of your second fifty percent with Friday night's activity next to the actual Suns at Toyota Center . He accomplished having a game-high 16 things on 6-of-9 shooting. (Karen Warren / Houston Chronicle) Feb. 1: Spurs 99, Rockets San Antonio's Kawhi Leonard (2) combat Rockets frontward Luis Scola (4) and core Samuel Dalembert during Wednesday night's activity on the AT&T Center throughout San Antonio. (Billy Calzada / San Antonio Express-News)