Amid the Los Angeles Lakers hot streak over the last 10 games, Houston has dropped to the fifth seed in the Western Conference with a 35-22 record. After starting the month as the second seed, the Rockets are falling in the standings, and if the season ended today, they wouldn't have home-court advantage in the postseason.

The Rockets' road troubles resumed after the All-Star break with a sixth loss in a row away from home. The Utah Jazz got the better of Houston this time.

The Utah Jazz are back in the fold on Saturday night as they have another tough battle on their home floor against the Houston Rockets.

The Houston Rockets fell 123-115 to the Utah Jazz. Jalen Green and Alperen Sengun were great for Houston despite the loss.

T he Houston Rockets (35-21) will try to pick up their fourth win in their last five games when they face the Utah Jazz (13-42) on Saturday night. Houston suffered a six-game losi

Udoka also credited wing players, such as Dillon Brooks and Jalen Green, with making a better effort on the glass. Brooks and Green each had 8 rebounds apiece in an impressive win against the Bucks, who have a massive frontcourt in size between Brook Lopez and Giannis Antetokounmpo.

The Rockets' young core is the envy of the NBA — but the Jazz's youth outplayed them on this night. What happened?

The Utah Jazz stop unit hasn't really stopped anyone, and our expert NBA predictions expect Rockets guard Jalen Green to score big tonight.

The Utah Jazz are 3.40 underdogs on Betway, which has the Houston Rockets at 2.29 to overcome the (-10.5) handicap. Over 228 is 1.876 on 1xbet, with the under at 1.978 odds. Bet365 lists the Rockets at 1.66 to close the (-5.5) spread, with the Utah Jazz at 1.76 to win with the (+8.0) handicap. Read more here.