Utah hosts Houston in conference matchup

Houston Rockets (1-3, 12th in the Western Conference) vs. Utah Jazz (3-1, third in the Western Conference)

Salt Lake City; Wednesday, 9 p.m. EDT

BOTTOM LINE: Western Conference foes Utah and Houston will play.

Utah went 2-4 overall and 33-19 in Western Conference games a season ago. The Jazz averaged 8.5 points off of turnovers, 14.5 second chance points and 28.2 bench points last season.

Houston went 20-62 overall and 11-41 in Western Conference play during the 2021-22 season. The Rockets averaged 109.7 points per game while allowing opponents to score 118.2 last season.

The teams square off for the 50th time this season. In the last meeting on Oct. 25 the Rockets won 114-108 led by 26 points from Kevin Porter Jr., while Jordan Clarkson scored 17 points for the .

INJURIES: Jazz: Udoka Azubuike: out (ankle).

Rockets: Bruno Fernando: day to day (knee), Alperen Sengun: day to day (illness), TyTy Washington Jr.: day to day (knee), Jae'Sean Tate: day to day (ankle).

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