DERON WILLIAMS scored eight of his 17 points in the fourth quarter and the Utah Jazz beat the Houston Rockets 86-82 Saturday night for a 3-1 series lead.

Mehmet Okur added 14 points and 18 rebounds, grabbing the biggest board of the game when Williams went 0-for-2 from the line with 7.3 seconds left and Utah only ahead by two.

The Rockets host Game 5 Tuesday and need a win to keep the series going.

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 back 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 put back 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 to go. It was too much for the Rockets to overcome and 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.

(SD-Agencies)