Houston Chronicle

Scouting report: vs. Spurs

- Jonathan Feigen

When/where: 1 p.m. today, HP Field House, Lake Buena Vista, Fla.

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

So far: Rockets 44-25, Spurs 31-38.

Lately: The Rockets went from losing four of five games before the season was stopped in March to winning four of five in the restart. The Spurs are 4-2, with wins against three of the teams — Memphis, Sacramento and New Orleans — that were also competing for the final Western Conference playoff spot.

Scouting the Rockets: The Rockets and Spurs have split this season’s two meetings, each winning on their home court. The Rockets have won seven of their past 10 games against San Antonio. … Averaging 123.4 points per game in the seeding games, the Rockets are 26-3 when scoring at least 120 points this season and are 97-8 in Mike D’Antoni’s four seasons as Rockets coach. … The Rockets have taken 60.8 percent of their shots from behind the arc in the restart. Before the seeding games, 48.8 percent of their attempts were 3-pointers, the largest percentage of 3s attempted in the NBA. … The Rockets have made at least 18 3-pointers in all five games in the bubble. They are 19-2 when making at least 18 3s this season. … Rockets opponents have averaged 108.8 points in the past four games. Houston is 21-2 when opponents fail to score at least 110 points.

Scouting the Spurs: The Spurs are tied for ninth in the Western Conference, one game behind the Memphis Grizzlies. … San Antonio ranks fourth in offensive rating, first in the fourth quarter, since the restart. … The Spurs are fifth in offensive rebounding percentage and sixth in overall rebounding percentage in the seeding games. … DeMar DeRozan is 23rd in scoring since the restart, averaging 21.5 points per game but ranks first in the fourth quarter when he averages almost half his points. … With LaMarcus Aldridge out, Jakob Poeltl and Drew Eubanks have combined to average 14.3 points and 14 rebounds at center.

Injuries: Rockets — Russell Westbrook (bruised quad) and Danuel House Jr. (sprained left toe) are questionab­le. James Harden (rest), Eric Gordon (sprained left ankle) and Bruno Caboclo (sprained right ankle) are out. Spurs — Derrick White (bruised left knee) is questionab­le. LaMarcus Aldridge (right shoulder surgery), Trey Lyles (appendecto­my), Bryn Forbes (right quad tightness) and Tyler Zeller (right knee bone contusion) are out.

By the numbers: 217 — wins as Rockets coach for Mike D’Antoni, moving him past Bill Fitch for second on the franchise career wins list behind Rudy Tomjanovic­h.

Looking ahead: Rockets vs. Pacers, Wednesday; Spurs vs. Jazz, Thursday.

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