Brooklyn plays Houston, looks to break home skid

Houston Rockets (21-23, 11th in the Western Conference) vs. Brooklyn Nets (17-27, 11th in the Eastern Conference)

New York; Saturday, 6 p.m. EST

: Nets -4; over/under is 218.5

BOTTOM LINE: Brooklyn hosts Houston looking to end its four-game home skid.

The Nets are 10-12 in home games. Brooklyn allows 115.1 points and has been outscored by 1.6 points per game.

The Rockets are 5-15 on the road. Houston has a 5-1 record in one-possession games.

The Nets are shooting 45.8% from the field this season, 0.2 percentage points higher than the 45.6% the Rockets allow to opponents. The Rockets average 113.5 points per game, 1.6 fewer than the 115.1 the Nets allow.

The two teams match up for the second time this season. The Rockets defeated the Nets 112-101 in their last meeting on Jan. 4. Alperen Sengun led the Rockets with 30 points, and Mikal Bridges led the Nets with 15 points.

TOP PERFORMERS: Bridges is averaging 21.7 points, 5.1 rebounds and 3.8 assists for the Nets. Cameron Thomas is averaging 18.1 points over the last 10 games for Brooklyn.

Sengun is averaging 21.9 points, 9.1 rebounds and 5.1 assists for the Rockets. Jalen Green is averaging 19 points and 3.8 assists over the last 10 games for Houston.

LAST 10 GAMES: Nets: 2-8, averaging 109.3 points, 41.8 rebounds, 26.2 assists, 8.0 steals and 4.9 blocks per game while shooting 45.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 111.4 points per game.

Rockets: 3-7, averaging 116.9 points, 46.2 rebounds, 25.0 assists, 8.3 steals and 6.3 blocks per game while shooting 46.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 121.5 points.

INJURIES: Nets: Dariq Whitehead: out (shin), Day'Ron Sharpe: out (knee), Cameron Johnson: out (personal), Ben Simmons: out (back).

Rockets: Victor Oladipo: out (knee), Tari Eason: out (leg), Jabari Smith Jr.: out (ankle).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.