Game 2 round 1 Utah Jazz vs Houston Rockets 2008 Playoffs

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April 21, 2008 HOUSTON -- Tracy McGrady bent over in exhaustion as the final seconds ticked away of another playoff loss. The seven-time All-Star had 23 points, 13 rebounds and nine assists, but faltered again in the fourth quarter as the Utah Jazz beat the Houston Rockets 90-84 on Monday night to take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-7 series. Deron Williams, who briefly left the game with an injury, finished with 22 points, and Mehmet Okur added 16 points and 16 rebounds for the Jazz, who have won eight of the past 10 meetings with Houston. Game 3 is Thursday night in Utah, where the Jazz went 37-4 during the regular season. "It's great for us to come out the way we did and not settle for the one victory," said Williams, who re-aggravated a tailbone injury. "We wanted to get both of them, get greedy. We've just got to go back now and take care of business." McGrady, who has never advanced past the first round of the playoffs, fell just short of his first postseason triple-double, but he went 0-for-4 from the field and scored only one point in the final quarter. He scored 20 points in Game 1, but went 0-for-3 from the field in the fourth quarter of Utah's 93-82 victory. McGrady played 43 minutes and said he was tired at the end of Monday night's game, a combination of Utah's physical defense and his efforts to carry his team. "I had no legs. I was on empty," McGrady said. "Banging with Matt Harpring, trying to rebound, trying to make plays for my team, trying to score, playing <b>...</b>

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