{"id":476666,"date":"2025-12-28T07:57:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T07:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/476666\/"},"modified":"2025-12-28T07:57:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T07:57:15","slug":"indiana-visits-houston-on-4-game-road-skid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/476666\/","title":{"rendered":"Indiana visits Houston on 4-game road skid"},"content":{"rendered":"

Indiana Pacers<\/a> (6-26, 15th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Houston Rockets<\/a> (19-10, fourth in the Western Conference)<\/p>\n

Houston; Monday, 8 p.m. EST<\/p>\n

BOTTOM LINE: Indiana visits Houston looking to stop its four-game road skid.<\/p>\n

The Rockets are 9-2 on their home court. Houston is 8-1 when it wins the turnover battle and averages 15.1 turnovers per game.<\/p>\n

The Pacers are 1-14 in road games. Indiana gives up 119.2 points to opponents and has been outscored by 9.4 points per game.<\/p>\n

The Rockets are shooting 48.9% from the field this season, 0.9 percentage points higher than the 48.0% the Pacers allow to opponents. The Pacers’ 43.3% shooting percentage from the field this season is 2.9 percentage points lower than the Rockets have given up to their opponents (46.2%).<\/p>\n

TOP PERFORMERS: Alperen Sengun<\/a> is averaging 22.7 points, 9.4 rebounds, 6.8 assists and 1.5 steals for the Rockets. Kevin Durant<\/a> is averaging 30 points and seven assists over the past 10 games.<\/p>\n

Pascal Siakam<\/a> is averaging 23.4 points, 6.8 rebounds and 3.8 assists for the Pacers. Bennedict Mathurin<\/a> is averaging 25.0 points over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

LAST 10 GAMES: Rockets: 5-5, averaging 117.7 points, 46.7 rebounds, 26.3 assists, 8.1 steals and 6.2 blocks per game while shooting 50.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 114.4 points per game.<\/p>\n

Pacers: 2-8, averaging 107.9 points, 41.3 rebounds, 24.3 assists, 7.3 steals and 5.1 blocks per game while shooting 44.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 117.1 points.<\/p>\n

INJURIES: Rockets: Alperen Sengun: day to day (calf), Fred VanVleet<\/a>: out for season (acl).<\/p>\n

Pacers: Obi Toppin<\/a>: out (foot), Ben Sheppard<\/a>: day to day (calf), Isaiah Jackson<\/a>: day to day (concussion), Tyrese Haliburton<\/a>: out for season (achilles), T.J. McConnell<\/a>: day to day (hamstring).<\/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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