Houston faces Toronto in a 3-game road trip

Houston Rockets (23-27, 12th in the Western Conference) and Toronto Raptors (18-33, 12th in the Eastern Conference)

Toronto; Friday, 7:30pm EST

Bottom line: The Houston Rockets look to end a three-game road skid when they play Toronto.

The Raptors went 10-13 at home. Toronto is 8-20 against opponents over .500.

The Rockets went 5-18 at home. Houston is averaging 12.3 turnovers per game and is 14-11 when committing fewer turnovers than opponents.

The Raptors averaged 114.5 points per game, 1.8 more than the Rockets' 112.7. The Rockets are shooting 46.4 percent from the field this season, 2.4 percentage points lower than the Raptors are allowing their opponents (48.8 percent).

The teams are meeting for the second time this season. The Rockets won the last game on February 3 with a score of 135-106. Cam Whitmore scored 25 points and Scotty Barnes led the Raptors with 28 points.

PERFORMERS: Dennis Schroder averaged 13.7 points and 6.1 assists for the Raptors. Barnes is averaging 20.4 points over the last 10 games for Toronto.

Alperen Sengun averaged 21.6 points and 9.3 rebounds per game for the Rockets. Whitmore is averaging 2.6 3-pointers over Houston's last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Raptors: 2-8, averaging 111.6 points, 40.9 rebounds, 29.2 assists, 7.8 steals and 4.7 blocks on 47.1 percent shooting from the field. Their opponents averaged 123.5 points per game.

Rockets: 4-6, averaging 119.5 points, 47.3 rebounds, 26.7 assists, 8.6 steals and 4.9 blocks on 47.4% shooting from the field per game. Their opponents averaged 116.7 points.

INJURIES: Raptors: Jontay Porter: Out (back).

Rockets: Tari Eason: out (foot), Steven Adams: out for the season (knee), Fred VanVleet: day-to-day (adductor).

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The Associated Press produced this story using technology from Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.