Utah Jazz return from All-Star break and struggle to shrug off short-handed Houston Rockets
With some of their focus on the death of a longtime team employee, the Jazz settle for a tougher-than-expected 114-99 victory.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert (27) blocks a shot by Houston's Anthony Lamb as the Utah Jazz host the Houston Rockets, NBA basketball in Salt Lake City on Friday, March 12, 2021.
Eric is a West Valley City native and a graduate of Granger High School and the University of Utah who joined The Tribune in 2003. He hoards rescue cats and guinea pigs, reads historical fiction, watches British baking shows, and obsesses over 1980s hair-metal bands in his spare time.