Rockets and Robert Covington to host Celtics At Toyota Center. The Celtics are coming off a 112-111 home win over the Oklahoma-City Thunder. Kemba Walker ended the last game with 27 points (6-of-16 from the field).
The Rockets will want to move on from a 113-114 loss at home to the Utah Jazz, a game in which Russell Westbrook provided his team with 39 points (18-of-33 FG) and 6 rebounds. James Harden had 28 points (11-of-23 FG), 10 assists and 10 rebounds.
Will Robert Covington replicate his impressive performance from the last game?
That’ll be the first time the two teams face each other this season. Both teams will be featuring their full lineups with no crucial players sitting out the contest.
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We expect to see a better free throw shooting game by the Rockets, who have been averaging 20.635 free throws made per game, as opposed to the Celtics 17.962.
Both the Rockets and the Celtics had 2 days to rest before this game. The Rockets next matchups are away vs GSW, away vs UTA, home vs NYK.
