Houston Chronicle

Scouting report: vs. Memphis

- Jonathan Feigen

When/where: 8 p.m. today, Toyota Center. TV/radio: Rootl; 790 AM, 94.5 FM, 850 AM (Spanish). Rockets (43-19) update: They have won seven of their last nine games but have lost two of their last three at home. … The Rockets have averaged 18 3-pointers on 51.5 attempts per game in the four games since the All-Star Game break, averaging a league-high 125.3 points per game. … The Rockets are averaging 56.2 points per game off James Harden assists or scoring. The NBA record is the 56.8 points produced by Nate Archibald in 1972-73. … The Rockets are 31-5 when Eric Gordon scores 15 points. … Center Clint Capela has made 73.4 percent of his shots the last 10 games. His 64.7 percent shooting ranks second in the NB.A … The Rockets have had 20 3s in two of their last four games and in an NBA record nine games. Grizzlies (36-25) update: They have won two of three meetings with the Rockets this season, including a win at Toyota Center when they overcame a 16-point deficit. … The teams have split the season series each of the past three seasons. … Center Marc Gasol (averaging 20.6 points per game) and Mike Conley (averaging 19.6) are having the top-scoring seasons of their careers. Gasol has made 85 3-pointers, averaging 12 in his previous eight seasons combined. … Forward Chandler Parsons, averaging a career-low 6.1 points per game, said the plan was for him to play both games of the back-to-back against his former teams, but his availabili­ty Saturday still could be to be determined. … The Grizzlies, who played at Dallas on Friday, are 10-3 in the second game of back-to-backs. Statistica­lly speaking: 18 — of 360 shots the Rockets have attempted in the four games since the All Star break have come from inside the 3-point line and outside the paint.

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