Houston lost at home by Utah Jazz with a Croatian Bogdan Bogdanovic triple at the buzzer for a 113-114 loss to the Rockets. That was a dramatic loss, so they have to revover mentally as soon as possbile.

After the Phoenix crash, this was the second consecutive defeat after four victories in the row, leaving them in fifth place, two wins away from the 4th place.

The expected line up for Rockets is Westbrook, Harden, House, Covington, and P.J. Tucker.

The forward Bruno Caboclo and the guard Eric Gordon are inactive, because of long-term injury.

Celtics also played in a thriller, but they beat it 112-111 against Oklahoma. A vital win that is now possible in the 3rd place in the East, after counting seven consecutive wins and nine in the last 10 games.

Keba Walker had 27 points and Tatum 26. Both of them scored almost half of the points of their team.

The expected line up for Celtics is  Walker, Brown, Tatum, Hayward, and Theis. Brown is a game time decision, but it is more possible to be on the court.

The center Robert Williams is inactive. He averages 3.9 points, 4.6 rebs, and 1.1 assist per game in 14.2 minutes.

The last decade, the two teams have faced each other at Houston in 9 games. Rockets have 7 wins, while Celtics have won two times.

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• FullTime Result : 1.76(Houston Rockets) - 2.10(Boston Celtics)
• Over/Under 232 points : 1.90 (Over) - 1.90 (Under)
• Race to 20 points: 2.00 (Houston Rockets) - 1.71 (Boston Celtics)

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Westbrook will face Walker at the point guard position.

Westbrook averages 27 points 8 rebs and 7 assists per game, while Walker has 22 points, 4 rebs and 5 assists.