First off, my sincerest apologies for the late preview. The Microsoft outage yesterday did not allow me to sign into our story editor and therefore I was moored without a way back to civilization.
Today, the Houston Rockets continue their NBA Cup journey. Houston is 0-1 in Group A play, but winning out would give Houston a decent chance to advance. That still includes a road game in Denver, so the odds aren’t great. Still, even if you don’t care at all about the Falcon, tonight’s game counts just
like any other game in the standings. The Rockets have recovered a bit from their two-game dip, and now they’re trying to get back to the way they were playing earlier in the season.
The Utah Jazz are 1-11 with their sole win coming at home to the New Orleans Pelicans by a single point. They’ve been in plenty of other games, with the common thread being that they’re much tougher to play at home (“Wow AK what a surprise”). Lauri Markkanen and Jaren Jackson Jr. are hurt, which should give way to a big night for Alperen Sengun and Amen Thompson.
This is a scary game for Houston because you can easily see the path to an embarrassing defeat: Houston doesn’t take the Jazz seriously, who get off to a great start, led by Keyonte George, Brice Sensabaugh, Isaiah Collier, all of whom have had great nights against Houston in the last couple of years. Then Darryn Peterson finally has the game that proves he should have been the top pick in the draft and finishes Houston with an array of floaters and jumpers. Will it happen? Probably not. But you can see it.
Tip-off
7:30pm CT
How To Watch
Space City Home Network
Injury Report
Rockets
Clint Capela: OUT
Steven Adams: OUT
Marcus Smart: OUT (suspension)
Jazz
Lauri Markkanen: OUT
Jaren Jackson Jr.: OUT
Jusuf Nurkic: OUT
Trey Alexander: GTD
The Line (as of this post)
HOU -15.5
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Schedule Advantage Counter
Rockets: 2
Opponents: 2
Looking ahead because we can
Friday night at home against the Utah Jazz
