{"id":412353,"date":"2025-11-29T07:09:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T07:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/412353\/"},"modified":"2025-11-29T07:09:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T07:09:12","slug":"houston-takes-road-win-streak-into-matchup-with-utah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/412353\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston takes road win streak into matchup with Utah"},"content":{"rendered":"

Houston Rockets<\/a> (12-4, third in the Western Conference) vs. Utah Jazz<\/a> (6-12, 11th in the Western Conference)<\/p>\n

Salt Lake City; Sunday, 3 p.m. EST<\/p>\n

BOTTOM LINE: Houston visits Utah trying to continue its four-game road winning streak.<\/p>\n

The Jazz are 3-9 in conference play. Utah is seventh in the Western Conference scoring 118.6 points while shooting 45.2% from the field.<\/p>\n

The Rockets are 5-3 in Western Conference play. Houston is the league leader with 16.8 offensive rebounds per game led by Steven Adams<\/a> averaging 5.0.<\/p>\n

The Jazz are shooting 45.2% from the field this season, 0.1 percentage points lower than the 45.3% the Rockets allow to opponents. The Rockets average 121.1 points per game, 4.1 fewer than the 125.2 the Jazz give up to opponents.<\/p>\n

TOP PERFORMERS: Lauri Markkanen<\/a> is averaging 28.5 points and 6.2 rebounds for the Jazz. Keyonte George<\/a> is averaging 31.0 points over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

Kevin Durant<\/a> is scoring 24.6 points per game and averaging 4.8 rebounds for the Rockets. Reed Sheppard<\/a> is averaging 31.0 points and 9.0 rebounds over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

LAST 10 GAMES: Jazz: 3-7, averaging 122.3 points, 45.0 rebounds, 31.8 assists, 8.5 steals and 4.0 blocks per game while shooting 46.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 130.9 points per game.<\/p>\n

Rockets: 8-2, averaging 118.9 points, 49.3 rebounds, 24.9 assists, 9.5 steals and 3.9 blocks per game while shooting 46.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 109.4 points.<\/p>\n

INJURIES: Jazz: Georges Niang<\/a>: out (foot), Walker Kessler<\/a>: out for season (shoulder).<\/p>\n

Rockets: Fred VanVleet<\/a>: out for season (acl), Kevin Durant: day to day (personal), Steven Adams: day to day (ankle), Dorian Finney-Smith<\/a>: out (ankle), Tari Eason<\/a>: out (oblique).<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive<\/a> and data from Sportradar<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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