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Houston Rockets Playoffs Highlights - Game 5 Jazz 4/29/2008

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Houston Rockets playoff highlights of Game 5 against the Utah Jazz on April 29, 2008 in Houston, TX -- done in the style to the great videos put together by Rockets2K of ClutchFans.net
AP RECAP: The Houston Rockets didn't need a big fourth quarter from Tracy McGrady to stay alive in their playoff series with Utah.
McGrady scored 29 points and got plenty of help, and the Rockets staved off elimination Tuesday night by routing the Jazz 95-69 in Game 5 of their first-round series.
Luis Scola added 18 points and 12 rebounds, Rafer Alston scored 14 points and Dikembe Mutombo grabbed 10 rebounds as the Rockets cut their series deficit to 3-2 and forced Game 6 in Utah on Friday night.
Now, the Jazz can end the series at home, where they went 37-4 during the regular season. But it's no guarantee -- Houston was the first team to beat Utah in Salt Lake City during the regular season and won Game 3 there last Thursday.
"We're in a great situation," McGrady said. "We know we can win in Utah because we've done it before."
The Rockets stayed alive by doing everything that they hadn't done for most of the series. They shot well, hit their free throws and got valuable production off the bench.
Houston came into the game with the lowest scoring average of any playoff team (85.5) and was shooting only 39.9 percent from the field and 65.7 percent from the free-throw line in the series. In Game 5, the Rockets shot 47 percent (37-of-79), went 15-of-19 from the line and outscored Utah's bench 26-9.
"Our guys were really ready to play," said Houston coach Rick Adelman. "We used all they had, the way they approached the game was exactly what we had to have. It's the same thing they're going to have to have going back to Utah."

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