HOUSTON -- Eddie Johnson was the hero for the Houston Rockets once again, this time with one basket rather than several.

Johnson barely beat the final buzzer with a high-arching 3-point shot from 25 feet Sunday, giving the Houston Rockets a dramatic 95-92 victory over the Utah Jazz that tied the Western Conference finals at two games apiece.

The 3-pointer was the only basket of the second half for Johnson, who was the hero of Game 3 when he came off the bench to score 31 points.

The game-winning shot left his fingertips with just 0.2 seconds left on the clock, and he high-stepped to the other end of the court and was mobbed by his teammates after it swished through.

Game 5 is Tuesday night in Salt Lake City, where the Jazz have won 21 straight games. But they'll have to grab the momentum back from the Rockets, who are trying to come back from an 0-2 deficit for the third time in their history. The first two times they did it -- 1994 and 1995 -- ended with NBA championships for Houston.

Hakeem Olajuwon scored 27 points for Houston, while Charles Barkley had 20 points and 16 rebounds and Clyde Drexler scored 16 points.

John Stockton and Karl Malone scored 22 points apiece for Utah, but the similarities between their performances ended there. Stockton shot 9-for-12 from the field and had eight assists, while Malone was just 10-for-28 and made several mistakes over the final few minutes.

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