Houston Chronicle

Scouting report: vs. San Antonio

- Glynn A. Hill

When/where: 7 p.m. today; Toyota Center.

TV/radio: ATTSW; 740 AM, 790 AM, 850 AM (Spanish), 101.7 FM (Spanish).

So far: Rockets 17-9; Spurs 10-15.

Lately: Rockets have won six of their last nine but haven’t won three straight in December. Spurs have won three of their last four after Saturday’s win over Phoenix in Mexico City. Each of their last four have gone to overtime.

Scouting the Rockets: Rockets are 9-4 at Toyota Center and have a four-game home winning streak against the Spurs. … P.J. Tucker has scored 10-plus points in six of the past 10 games after doing so six times in the first 16. … Russell Westbrook sat out against Detroit on Saturday to rest, but over his past four games played, he’s averaging 26 points per game on 56.2 percent shooting. … Houston has lost five of its past six against teams from the Western Conference. … Over the past eight games, Ben McLemore is averaging 17.4 points. … Clint Capela ranks second in the NBA with 14.7 rebounds per game. Scouting the Spurs: Spurs became the first team in NBA history to play four-straight overtime games when they defeated Phoenix on Saturday. … DeMar DeRozan is the only Spur to score in double figures every game this season, marking 55 consecutiv­e outings entering Monday. … LaMarcus Aldridge crossed the 19,000-career point threshold Thursday against Cleveland. … Lonnie Walker IV (24), Bryn Forbes (25) and DeRozan (23) all scored more than 20 points when San Antonio defeated Houston on Dec. 3. … Coach Gregg Popovich is the longest tenured coach with a single franchise in NBA history at 24 seasons.

Injury report: Rockets — Guards Eric Gordon (arthroscop­ic knee surgery) and Gerald Green (left foot surgery) and center Nene (strained adductor) are out. Tyson Chandler has missed the past five games (illness). Spurs — Guard Lonnie Walker IV is questionab­le (knee contusion).

By the numbers: 3. Times James Harden has scored at least 50 points this month, starting with a 50-point performanc­e against the Spurs on Dec. 3. He had scored 50plus points twice through October and November.

Looking ahead: Rockets at L.A. Clippers, Thursday; Spurs vs. Brooklyn, Thursday.

Newspapers in English

Newspapers from United States