Houston Rockets – San Antonio Spurs: Texas Throwdown
The Rockets and Spurs meet for the third — and penultimate — regular-season showdown, barely a week after Houston left town with the win. Spurs will want revenge. Rockets will try to prove that victory wasn’t a one-off. Expect a nasty, competitive scrap.
Houston Rockets: use the home court
Five wins in six. That’s not luck, it’s form. And those wins didn’t come against puppies: Minnesota (110-105), San Antonio (111-106) and Detroit (111-104) are solid scalps. Ime Udoka’s squad looks like it’s peaking at the right time.
What separates Houston is defense. They allow just 110.5 points per game — fourth-best in the league. Offensively they aren’t shabby either, scoring 116.7 points per game (12th). Against the Spurs they’ll need to hit those marks on both ends to have a chance.
INJURY REPORT : Steven Adams (OUT)
San Antonio Spurs: out for revenge
Four wins in six and the Spurs are cruising near the top of the West. Back-to-back beatdowns of Utah (126-109, 123-110) have the offense humming, but they’ve also shown a worrying habit of throwing games away after big leads — remember the 16-point collapse to Houston (106-111).
They also got caught cold in New Orleans (95-104), once down by 20. Still, San Antonio sit with the 7th-best defense (112.4 allowed) and the 10th-best offense (117.4 scored). Second in the West says the season’s been a success so far. A win in Houston would ease the standings and could pay dividends for tiebreakers later.
INJURY REPORT : Jeremy Sochan (questionable)
NBA Prediction Houston Rockets vs San Antonio Spurs
Under 224.5 points
This one matters for tiebreakers, so expect playoff-level intensity — long possessions, brutal defense, few giveaways. With two teams who defend like the Spurs and Rockets, a low-scoring, controlled slog is the likeliest script.
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