SALT LAKE CITY — Rudy Gobert scored 19 points and grabbed a career-high 22 rebounds, and the Utah Jazz earned a wire-to-wire 109-91 victory over the Houston Rockets on Thursday.
Six Jazz players finished in double figures, with forward Gordon Hayward leading all scorers with 29 points.
Gobert posted a double-double in the first quarter with 10 points and 10 rebounds. The French center also finished with four blocked shots.
Utah guard Rodney Hood scored 20 points, and three other players finished with 10 apiece for the Jazz (28-36). Utah, which has its first four-game winning streak of the season, improved to 9-2 since the All-Star break.
Guard Corey Brewer led the Rockets (43-22) with 25 points. Guard James Harden added 15 points, seven assists and four rebounds, but he hit only three of 13 shots from the field. Houston forward Donatas Montiejunas scored 13 points, and forward Terrence Jones added 11 points and 10 rebounds.
Houston shot just 21.9 percent (7-for-32) from 3-point range, 43 percent from the floor overall. Utah hit 47.8 percent of its field-goal attempts, including 11 of 33 3-point tries.
The Jazz outrebounded the Rockets 57-37, and held a 22-8 advantage in offensive rebounds.
Utah opened the game with a 7-0 lead, punctuated by a Hood 3-pointer. The Jazz were on top 28-23 at the end of the first quarter.
The Rockets pulled within 36-34 in the second quarter, but Utah went on a 13-5 run over the final 3:20 of the second quarter to take a 53-43 halftime lead.
Utah’s lead stretched to as many as 22 points in the third quarter, forcing Houston coach Kevin McHale to call a timeout. The Jazz led 82-65 entering the fourth after outscoring the Rockets 29-22 in the third.
Jazz coach Quin Snyder was called for a technical foul in the second quarter, when guard Dante Exum was whistled for a blocking foul as he attempted to defend against Harden.
Houston guard Patrick Beverley received a technical foul in the third quarter on a disputed foul.
NOTES: The Rockets fell to 1-2 on their current road trip. … Houston entered Salt Lake City on the second game of a back-to-back, falling 105-100 to the Trail Blazers on Wednesday. The Rockets had a team-high 44 defensive rebounds at Portland. … This is the second time this season that Houston came to Utah on the second game of a back-to-back. The first time, on Oct. 29, the Rockets walked away with a 104-93 victory. … Houston G James Harden ranks second in the league in assists among non-point guards, averaging 7.1 assists per game. … Jazz F Trevor Booker played with Rockets F Trevor Ariza for two seasons with the Washington Wizards (2012-14).