Houston hosts Brooklyn in cross-conference game

Brooklyn Nets (15-33, 13th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Houston Rockets (32-15, second in the Western Conference)

Houston; Saturday, 8 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: The Brooklyn Nets visit the Houston Rockets in out-of-conference action.

The Rockets are 15-7 in home games. Houston is second in the Western Conference with 18.5 fast break points per game led by Jalen Green averaging 3.9.

The Nets are 10-17 on the road. Brooklyn ranks ninth in the Eastern Conference shooting 35.3% from 3-point range.

The Rockets average 114.0 points per game, 1.3 more points than the 112.7 the Nets allow. The Nets average 13.8 made 3-pointers per game this season, 1.3 more made shots on average than the 12.5 per game the Rockets give up.

TOP PERFORMERS: Green is averaging 21.3 points for the Rockets. Amen Thompson is averaging 17.1 points, 8.9 rebounds, 3.9 assists, 2.1 steals and 1.6 blocks over the last 10 games.

D'Angelo Russell is scoring 13.0 points per game and averaging 2.9 rebounds for the Nets. Noah Clowney is averaging 1.8 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Rockets: 7-3, averaging 117.3 points, 45.2 rebounds, 24.5 assists, 10.6 steals and 4.4 blocks per game while shooting 47.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 113.5 points per game.

Nets: 2-8, averaging 98.8 points, 43.6 rebounds, 23.6 assists, 7.8 steals and 4.4 blocks per game while shooting 41.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 108.7 points.

INJURIES: Rockets: Alperen Sengun: day to day (calf), Jabari Smith Jr.: out (hand).

Nets: Cam Thomas: out (hamstring), Bojan Bogdanovic: out (foot), Maxwell Lewis: out (leg), Day'Ron Sharpe: day to day (hamstring), De'Anthony Melton: out for season (acl), Noah Clowney: day to day (ankle), Cameron Johnson: out (ankle).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.