SALT LAKE CITY -- Guard Rodney Hood scored 20 points and collected a career-high eight rebounds while forward Derrick Favors added 18 points and 11 rebounds to help the Utah Jazz rally in the second half for a 103-91 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday night.

Center Rudy Gobert and guard Dante Exum each scored 12 points and Gobert added 10 rebounds to help the Jazz (36-42) win the season series against the Kings.

Forwards Carl Landry and Omri Casspi and guard Ben McLemore each scored 16 points for Sacramento. Center Jason Thompson added 12 points and 11 rebounds for the Kings (27-51), who played without usual starters DeMarcus Cousins and Rudy Gay.

The Jazz controlled the glass, outrebounding Sacramento 47-31, and shot 42 percent (13-of-31) from behind the 3-point arc.

Utah came alive offensively in the third quarter, shooting 70 percent (7-of-10) from long range. Exum and Hood combined to make three 3-pointers, fueling a 12-3 run that put the Jazz in front. Hood capped the spurt with a layup to put Utah up 61-57.

Sacramento retook a 69-66 lead on back-to-back dunks from forwards Reggie Evans and Derrick Williams followed by an Evans' layup. Guard Trey Burke tied the game up with a 3-pointer seconds later, and forward Chris Johnson followed with a 3-pointer and three free throws to give the Jazz a 75-71 advantage.

Utah finally broke the game open in the fourth quarter. Starting with a 3-pointer from guard Joe Ingles, the Jazz ran off 11 unanswered points and went on an 18-2 run to take the lead for good. Hood capped the run with another 3-pointer, giving the Jazz a 96-80 lead with 5:04 left.

Sacramento cut the deficit in half -- making it 96-88 on a short jumper from McLemore with 2:47 left. The Jazz halted the run and went back up by double digits when Ingles drained a deep 3-pointer to make it 101-88 with 2:11 remaining.

Even while playing without top scorers Cousins and Gay, Sacramento took control right away in the first half. The Kings managed to stay a step or two ahead of Utah throughout both the first and second quarter.

Utah did not take its first lead until Exum and Burke drained back-to-back 3-pointers to put the Jazz up 18-16 with 2:00 left in the first quarter. Landry answered with back-to-back baskets a minute later to put the Kings back ahead. McLemore added two free throws to push the lead to 22-18.

Burke swished in a buzzer-beating halfcourt heave to cut the lead to one and Utah went back ahead 23-22 on Favors' jumper to open the second quarter. The Kings wasted no time sprinting back ahead of the Jazz.

Sacramento took back the lead on a pair of free throws from Evans. Guard Andre Miller then made a jumper and fed Casspi for another basket to push the lead to 28-23. The Kings stayed in front the rest of the second quarter, leading by as much as nine points after Casspi and Williams each buried 3-pointers to extend Sacramento's lead to 38-29.

Utah cut the lead to three points three different times, the final time on a jumper from Hood that made it 40-37. Casspi stopped the rally. He hit a pair of free throws and a pair of baskets to push Sacramento's lead to 47-39 with 1:42 left before halftime.

NOTES: Kings F Rudy Gay (concussion) and G Nik Stauskas (back strain) did not dress. Gay sat out for the fourth time in five games. C DeMarcus Cousins (sore right foot) was inactive for the second consecutive game. ... Jazz G Rodney Hood scored a career-high 25 points and had a career-high four steals in Utah's 101-95 win over Sacramento on Sunday. ... C Sim Bhullar is the tallest player to ever play for Sacramento. Bhullar -- who is also the first player of Indian descent in the NBA -- is 7-foot-5. He signed a 10-day contract with the Kings on April 2. ... Utah began the night allowing just 87 points per game since the NBA All-Star break -- seven points fewer than