Overview
- The game airs on Space City Home Network and FanDuel Sports Network Florida and streams on Fubo.
- Pre-game odds list Houston around -8 with a total near 225.5, and some analysts highlight Reed Sheppard to go over 11.5 points.
- Houston is without Fred VanVleet (season-ending ACL), Tari Eason (leg) and Dorian Finney-Smith (ankle), while Orlando will not have Paolo Banchero (groin) or Moritz Wagner (knee), with Franz Wagner available.
- Reported probable starters: Rockets — Amen Thompson, Kevin Durant, Josh Okogie, Jabari Smith Jr., Alperen Sengun; Magic — Franz Wagner, Tristan da Silva, Wendell Carter Jr., Desmond Bane, Jalen Suggs.
- Houston enters 8-3 on a three-game win streak against Orlando’s 7-6 with a similar run, and the Rockets have won the last three meetings.