Phoenix Suns (14-15, 11th in the Western Conference) vs. Houston Rockets (15-13, eighth in the Western Conference)
Houston; Wednesday, 8 p.m. EST
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK NBA LINE: Suns -1.5; over/under is 225
BOTTOM LINE: Phoenix will try to stop its four-game road slide when the Suns play Houston.
The Rockets are 14-8 in conference play. Houston is second in the Western Conference at limiting opponent scoring, giving up just 108.3 points while holding opponents to 44.3% shooting.
The Suns are 10-11 in conference play. Phoenix is 4-10 against opponents with a winning record.
The Rockets are shooting 46.2% from the field this season, 0.3 percentage points lower than the 46.5% the Suns allow to opponents. The Suns average 11.6 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.2 more makes per game than the Rockets allow.
TOP PERFORMERS: Alperen Sengun is scoring 20.8 points per game with 9.5 rebounds and 5.2 assists for the Rockets. Fred VanVleet is averaging 18.8 points and 4.1 rebounds while shooting 40.4% over the past 10 games for Houston.
Jusuf Nurkic is shooting 46.4% and averaging 12.1 points for the Suns. Grayson Allen is averaging 2.0 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games for Phoenix.
LAST 10 GAMES: Rockets: 6-4, averaging 114.8 points, 48.2 rebounds, 22.8 assists, 7.8 steals and 4.0 blocks per game while shooting 44.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 110.8 points per game.
Suns: 3-7, averaging 111.3 points, 44.4 rebounds, 25.9 assists, 7.4 steals and 4.7 blocks per game while shooting 46.5% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 116.5 points.
INJURIES: Rockets: Victor Oladipo: out (knee).
Suns: Jusuf Nurkic: day to day (personal), Josh Okogie: day to day (ankle), Damion Lee: out (knee), Bradley Beal: out (ankle).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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