Well, we all called it. The Houston Rockets struggled to put away the 1-11 Utah Jazz. Who could have seen this coming? (All of us. All of us saw it coming.)
Thankfully, Houston picked up the win. Now they head to the nation’s capital to take on the new-look Washington Wizards and begin a four-game road trip. Xiane has mentioned that last season’s schedule really hurt Houston and the road-heavy start and middle was not made up for by the home-heavy end of the season, by which point the Rockets had
already checked out and forgotten how to shoot.
The Wizards are 4-9 and coming off a tough 2OT loss to the Detroit Pistons. A Trae Young buzzer beater got them to OT, where they raced out to a quick 7-point lead. Then that was that. They’ve had two days off to recover and should not be taken lightly. Of course, this Houston team is likely to take them lightly.
It’s early in the season, so Anthony Davis is healthy. It’ll be more of a test than the Jazz were able to throw at Alperen Sengun. The rest of Atlanta’s starting lineup consists of Young, Kyshawn George, Alex Sarr, and #1 overall pick AJ Dybansta. To round out the rotation, they have Bub Carrington, Bilal Coulibaly, Tre Johnson, and Deandre Ayton.
Tip-off
6pm CT
How To Watch
Space City Home Network
Injury Report
Rockets
Clint Capela: OUT
Steven Adams: OUT
Marcus Smart: OUT (suspension)
Wizards
Bub Carrington: GTD
Justin Champagnie: OUT
Tristan Vukcevic: OUT
Reece Beekman: OUT
The Line (as of this post)
N/A
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Schedule Advantage Counter
Rockets: 2
Opponents: 3
Looking ahead because we can
Tomorrow night in Miami against a schedule loss the Miami Heat
