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SALT LAKE CITY -- Rudy Gobert had 19 points, 22 rebounds and four blocks and the Utah Jazz beat the Houston Rockets 109-91 on Thursday night for their ninth victory in 11 games. The Jazz used their size to dominate the paint and ran away in the second half. Gobert put on a show as the Rockets didn't have an answer for the 7-foot-1 Frenchman on either end of the floor. He had a double-double in the first quarter and 18 rebounds at halftime. Teammate Gordon Hayward finished with 29 points, seven assists and four rebounds. Rookie Rodney Hood put up a career high for the second consecutive game with 20 points. Corey Brewer led the Rockets with 25 points, and James Harden had 15. WIZARDS 107, GRIZZLIES WASHINGTON -- Facing a watered-down version of the second-best team in the Western Conference, John Wall finished with 21 points, seven rebounds and six assists, leading Washington past Memphis. The game got chippy late in the third quarter, when Washington's Kevin Seraphin was called for a flagrant-2 and ejected for knocking Jon Leuer to the court as the Grizzlies' backup forward dunked. Earlier, Seraphin got tangled on the floor with Jarnell Stokes, which followed another bit of grabbing between Stokes and Washington's Marcin Gortat. As it is, both teams were short-handed. Memphis sat three starters: Mike Conley, because of an injured right ankle; Marc Gasol and Zach Randolph, resting on the second night of a back-to-back. Memphis also held out key reserve Tony Allen. The Wizards were without one starter, Nene, for what the team said were personal reasons. Gorat finished with 22 points for Washington. Stokes and JaMychal Green had 13 apiece for the Grizzlies, who wrapped up a 1-3 trip. PACERS 109, BUCKS 103, OT INDIANAPOLIS -- Rodney Stuckey scored 25 points and Luis Scola had 17 points and 15 rebounds to help Indiana beat Milwaukee. Stuckey also had six rebounds and six assists. David West's jumper with 2:45 remaining in regulation gave Indiana a five-point lead at 96-91, but Milwaukee's Ersan Illyasova scored five points in the final 2 minutes to send it to overtime. Michael Carter-Williams led the Bucks with 28 points. Illyasova had 19 points and 10 rebounds.
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