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Houston Rockets<\/a> (13-4, third in the Western Conference) vs. Utah Jazz<\/a> (6-13, 11th in the Western Conference)<\/p>\n

Salt Lake City; Monday, 9 p.m. EST<\/p>\n

Rockets -12.5; over\/under is 232.5<\/p>\n

BOTTOM LINE: Houston will attempt to prolong its three-game win streak with a victory over Utah.<\/p>\n

The Jazz are 3-10 in Western Conference games. Utah is sixth in the Western Conference with 32.7 defensive rebounds per game led by Jusuf Nurkic<\/a> averaging 7.1.<\/p>\n

The Rockets are 6-3 in Western Conference play. Houston is fourth in the league scoring 121.6 points per game while shooting 48.2%.<\/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 12.5 made 3-pointers per game this season, 2.8 fewer made shots on average than the 15.3 per game the Jazz give up.<\/p>\n

The teams meet for the second time this season. The Rockets won 129-101 in the last matchup on Nov. 30.<\/p>\n

TOP PERFORMERS: Lauri Markkanen<\/a> is averaging 27.9 points and 6.3 rebounds for the Jazz. Ace Bailey<\/a> is averaging 3.0 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

Alperen Sengun<\/a> is averaging 22.3 points, 9.1 rebounds and 6.9 assists for the Rockets. Aaron Holiday<\/a> is averaging 3.0 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

LAST 10 GAMES: Jazz: 3-7, averaging 122.7 points, 44.3 rebounds, 32.2 assists, 8.2 steals and 4.1 blocks per game while shooting 47.0% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 130.1 points per game.<\/p>\n

Rockets: 8-2, averaging 119.4 points, 48.9 rebounds, 25.0 assists, 10.0 steals and 4.3 blocks per game while shooting 47.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 108.6 points.<\/p>\n

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

Rockets: Fred VanVleet<\/a>: out for season (acl), 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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