Alperen Sengun had 33 points and 10 rebounds, Amen Thompson finished with 16 points, 10 rebounds and five assists, and the Houston Rockets beat the Utah Jazz 121-110 on Thursday night.The Rockets have a two-game lead over the third-place Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference standings with a little more than two weeks left in the regular season.

Alperen Sengun totaled 33 points and 10 rebounds to boost the Houston Rockets to a 121-110 victory over the Utah Jazz on Thursday in Salt Lake City.

The Utah Jazz (16-57) are nine games away from seeing the end of their race to the bottom. After the Washington Wizards pulled out a win against the Philadelphia 76ers last night, the Jazz have leapfrogged back into the number 1 position in the tank race.

With the seven-point throttling of the Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday night, the Houston Rockets have continued to keep their hold on the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference. With the Oklahoma City Thunder having already clinched the No.