The Houston Rockets are coming off of an impressive win on Christmas Day against one of the best teams in the NBA in the San Antonio Spurs and now the team plays the second of back to back games on Thursday night for the NBA on TNT and the game is at the Toyota Center and will be streaming online from the NBA League Pass at 8 pm.
The Rockets have been playing very well as of late and the signing of Dwight Howard so far has been a great success and the team is getting some strong play from James Harden, who led the team with 28 points against the Spurs, The team got 20 rebounds from Dwight Howard and eight assists from Jeremy Lin and now the team plays against the Grizzlies before a matchup at home against the New Orleans Pelicans at the Toyota Center and the team comes in scoring over 105 points per game and are allowing over 100 as well and that could make the game against the Grizzlies an entertaining matchup. The team is ranked sixth in rebounds per game coming into the matchup with the Spurs and the team has the chance to gain some ground on the division leaders and they come in with a 19-11 record and the Grizzlies come in three games under .500 for the season.
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The Grizzlies come into the game ranked fifth in the southwest division with a 12-15 record and after playing against the Rockets the team has a matchup with the Denver Nuggets at home and that could be a tough matchup with both teams able to put up points. The Grizzlies come into the game ranked seventh in the league in points allowed with 97 per game and they are getting Marc Gasol back soon and should be in line to make a nice run in the west against a deep roster of teams like the Rockets, Clippers as well as the Portland Trail Blazers.
