SALT LAKE CITY — Deron Williams scored eight of his 17 points in the fourth quarter as Utah defeated Houston on Saturday night to take a 3-1 series lead.
Mehmet Okur added 14 points and 18 rebounds, grabbing the biggest rebound of the game when Williams went 0-for-2 from the line with 7.3 seconds left and Utah ahead by two.
Houston cut a 16-point, third-quarter deficit to a point and made a great push at the end after Shane Battier and Rafer Alston made 3-pointers in the final minute to get the Rockets within two.
Kyle Korver answered with two free throws for Utah to make it 84-80 with 12.5 seconds left. Then, after Carl Landry putback of an offensive rebound, Williams had a chance to seal it for the Jazz.
He missed both attempts, but Okur was there for the offensive rebound and hit both free throws with 5.5 seconds remaining. It was too much for the Rockets to overcome as Utah’s Andrei Kirilenko added an exclamatory block as the buzzer sounded and the Jazz left the court one win away from advancing.
Tracy McGrady, who is 0-6 in playoff series, scored 23 points to lead the Rockets.
Magic 106, Raptors 94
TORONTO — Rashard Lewis had 27 points and 13 rebounds and Dwight Howard added 19 points and 16 boards as Orlando took a 3-1 lead in the series.
Jameer Nelson scored 12 of his 19 points in the fourth quarter, while Hedo Turkoglu had 18 points and nine rebounds for the third- seeded Magic.
Chris Bosh set a career playoff-high with 39 points and added 15 rebounds for the Raptors, who face elimination in Game 5 on Monday night. T.J. Ford had 12 points and 13 assists for the Raptors.
Magic coach Stan Van Gundy said Lewis was “outstanding.”
“He stepped up big today,” Van Gundy said. “It’s not just scoring. That was his best rebounding game, maybe of the year.”
Lewis went 10-for-19 from the field. The Magic made four 3-pointers in the fourth quarter and finished 11-for-29 from beyond the arc.
Jason Kapono and Anthony Parker each scored 12 points for the Raptors, who were just 2-for-15 from 3-point range. Bosh finished 16-for-26.
