Overview
- Tip-off is scheduled for 8:00 pm ET at TD Garden, with U.S. coverage on SCHN, NBCSB and Fubo for in-market viewers.
- Houston arrives at 2-2 after a 139-121 win in Toronto led by Kevin Durant’s 31 points.
- Boston stands at 3-3 following a one-point road victory over Philadelphia that extended a recent upswing.
- Ime Udoka said Dorian Finney-Smith is not yet participating in contact drills as he recovers from offseason ankle surgery.
- The Rockets won their last Boston meeting on Jan. 27 when Amen Thompson hit the game-winner in a 114-112 finish.