The Houston Rockets (18-58, 6-32 Away) will try to slow down one of the league’s top shooting teams when they travel to face the Brooklyn Nets (40-35, 19-16 Home) on Wednesday.
Houston was dominated by the New York Knicks 137-115 at Madison Square Garden on Monday, their sixth consecutive loss. Kevin Porter Jr. was the standout player in defeat with 26 points.
The Rockets are 15th in the Western Conference. Brooklyn dropped their last game on Sunday at Amway Center, falling to the Orlando Magic 119-106. Mikal Bridges had 44 points in defeat, carrying the team. The Nets are the sixth seed in the Eastern Conference.
This is the last meeting of the season between the teams. Brooklyn will be pursuing a season sweep against Houston after earning the win in the only prior game 118-96 at Toyota Center on March 7. Bridges led the Nets with 30 points. Jalen Green had 25 points in defeat.
The Rockets have been led this season by Green, who is averaging 22.0 points per game. Meanwhile, Alperen Sengun is grabbing 8.6 rebounds per game, and Porter Jr. is dishing 5.8 assists. Nic Claxton (12.5 ppg) has been the primary provider of the Nets’ offense. Claxton also has collected 9.2 rebounds per game.
Royce O’Neale has tallied 3.6 assists per game. The Nets are shooting 48.9% from the field, ranking as one of the league’s most accurate field goal shooting teams (5th). The teams have split their last 10 games at Barclays Center (5-5).
Houston is looking to snap a five-game losing streak away from Toyota Center this season. Brooklyn is looking to end a four-game losing skid at home this season.
Houston is 3-7 in the last 10 games with an average margin of -10.4 (111.0-121.4). Brooklyn has also gone 3-7 over the last 10, allowing 114.1 points per game on average while scoring only 112.2 (-1.9 margin).
ROCKETS HOT/COLD
(Last Five | Season Average | Differential)
Points + Rebounds + Assists:
Tari Eason: 23.4 | 16.3 | +7.1
Points per game:
KJ Martin: 17.0 | 12.6 | +4.4
Rebounds per game:
Tari Eason: 8.0 | 5.9 | +2.1
Assists per game:
Alperen Sengun: 2.8 | 3.8 | -1.0
NETS HOT/COLD
(Last Five | Season Average | Differential)
Points + Rebounds + Assists:
Seth Curry: 5.3 | 12.9 | -7.5
Points per game:
Mikal Bridges: 28.8 | 19.7 | +9.1
Assists per game:
Spencer Dinwiddie: 9.6 | 6.1 | +3.5
SportsTips’ NBA Pick:
Brooklyn Nets -10.5 (-110)
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