Two rebuilding teams with vastly different trajectories this season will meet in Salt Lake City on Friday night when the Utah Jazz host the Houston Rockets.
The Jazz (29-44) limp into the contest, having lost seven in a row and 18 of their last 21 games. The Rockets (37-35) have put together a 10-game winning streak, second-longest in the NBA this season behind an 11-game run by the Boston Celtics.
With their 132-126 overtime win at Oklahoma City on Wednesday night, the Rockets kept pace with the victorious Golden State Warriors in the race for the final spot in the play-in tournament. Entering Friday's action, Golden State has a one-game lead with 10 games remaining in the regular season.
"Oh, it was lit," Jalen Green said of the postgame celebration. "Everybody was happy, celebrating, screaming. We fought for that one. We worked hard. That's how we should react after going 10-0. We'll still keep going. We got what, 10 more games left?"
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