Scouting report: vs. Utah
When/where: 6 p.m. today; Toyota Center.
TV/radio: ATTSW, NBA; 740 AM, 790 AM, 850 AM (Spanish), 101.7 FM (Spanish).
So far: Rockets 32-19; Jazz 33-18.
Lately: The Rockets are coming off their most lopsided loss since 2002 after winning seven of their previous nine. The Jazz snapped a five-game losing streak with their win against the Trail Blazers on Friday.
Scouting the Rockets: The Rockets head into consecutive home games leading into the All-Star break with a four-game winning streak at Toyota Center. … The team has won seven of their past nine regular-season games against the Jazz, including a 126-117 victory
Jan. 27 in Salt Lake City. … With the teams separated by a half game in the standings, the Rockets would clinch the head-to-head tiebreaker with a win. … Eric Gordon, who averaged 10 points against the Jazz last season, had a career-high 50 in the previous meeting. … In the past five games following a 10-game shooting slump in which he made 22.5 percent of his 3-pointers, James Harden has made 41.1 percent of his 3s, averaging 4.6 per game. … In the two games since Robert Covington joined the Rockets, he has averaged 11.5 points and 6.5 rebounds. Only Covington, Harden and Kawhi Leonard are averaging at least 12 points, 6.0 rebounds and, 1.5 steals while making at least two 3-pointers per game.… Guard Austin Rivers has made 47.2 percent of his 3-pointers in the past 10 games. Danuel House Jr. had 21 points, 11 rebounds and five steals in the first meeting with Utah. Scouting the Jazz: In the past six games, the five-game losing streak and Friday’s win, the Jazz have ranked 23rd in defensive rating. Before that stretch, they ranked eighth. … Utah’s 38.6 percent shooting from the 3-point line leads the NBA. The Jazz rank sixth in 3-pointers made per game, averaging 13.1 per game. … Averaging 47.8 points in the paint, ranking 17th in the NBA, the Jazz had 66 on Friday, their second most this season. … Rudy Gobert leads the league in field-goal percentage, making 69.8 percent of his shots. Gobert ranks second in rebounding and fourth in blocked shots per game. … Averaging 21.1 points per game, Bojan Bogdanovic is the leading scorer in the NBA among players taken in the second round of the draft. … Jordan Clarkson is averaging 14.9 points in 25 minutes per game in his 21 games since being acquired by the Jazz. Clarkson is the leading scorer among reserves for Utah, which ranks 25th in scoring off the bench. … Averaging 24.3 points per game, Donovan Mitchell had 36 in the first meeting with the Rockets.
Injury report: Rockets — Guard Eric Gordon (bruised left lower leg) is questionable. Forward Bruno Caboclo (not with team) is out. Jazz — Center Ed Davis (back spasms) is questionable.
By the numbers: 3 — Games in which the Rockets have scored fewer than 100 points, including Friday when they posted a seasonlow 91 against the Suns.
Looking ahead: Rockets vs. Celtics, Tuesday; Jazz at Mavericks, Monday.