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Two of the league’s top seven teams record-wise will square off on Wednesday when the Houston Rockets<\/a> host the Boston Celtics. While people expected the Rockets to be about as good as they are heading into this season, the Celtics have shattered all preseason expectations.<\/p>\n

Despite the fact that forward Jayson Tatum has yet to play in a single game for Boston in the 2025-26 regular season, the Celtics have maintained their place among the Eastern Conference’s elite. Hence, folks should expect to be in for a game that gets decided in the final possessions.<\/p>\n

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Records, standing, and streaks\"Jan<\/p>\n

Jan 27, 2025; Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Houston Rockets head coach Ime Udoka watches from the sideline as they take on the Boston Celtics at TD Garden. Mandatory Credit: David Butler II-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

At present, the Rockets have a 31-17 record, which puts them in the Western Conference standings’ fourth-place slot.<\/p>\n

The Celtics are the owners of a 32-18 record, good enough for third in the Eastern Conference.<\/p>\n

What happened in the last game for each team?\"Jan<\/p>\n

Jan 20, 2026; Houston, Texas, USA; Houston Rockets guard Reed Sheppard (15) reacts to his basket against the San Antonio Spurs in the second half at Toyota Center. Mandatory Credit: Thomas Shea-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Houston came out on top over the Indiana Pacers<\/a> (118-114) on the road.<\/p>\n

Boston beat the Dallas Mavericks<\/a> (110-100) on the road.<\/p>\n

Injuries\"Jan<\/p>\n

Jan 28, 2026; Houston, Texas, USA; Houston Rockets forward Kevin Durant (7) shoots the ball as San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama (1) defends during the first quarter at Toyota Center. Mandatory Credit: Troy Taormina-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

For Boston, the team has yet to release its injury report, though Jayson Tatum (ruptured Achilles tendon) can already be ruled out.<\/p>\n

For Houston, Dorian Finney-Smith (left ankle injury management) is out, Fred VanVleet (ACL repair) is out and Steven Adams (left ankle surgery) is out and Kevin Durant (left ankle sprain) is probable.<\/p>\n

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Probable starting lineups – Houston\"Jan<\/p>\n

Jan 18, 2026; Houston, Texas, USA; Houston Rockets forward Tari Eason (17) warms up prior to the game against the New Orleans Pelicans at Toyota Center. Mandatory Credit: Erik Williams-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Probable starting lineups – Boston\"Nov<\/p>\n

Nov 1, 2025; Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Houston Rockets forward Jabari Smith (10) blocks Boston Celtics forward Jaylen Brown (7) during the first half at TD Garden. Mandatory Credit: Paul Rutherford-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Here’s when you should tune in to see the game:<\/p>\n

TV Channel: Space City Home Network<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Rockets Wire: Celtics at Rockets preview: Stream, lineups, injury reports and more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two of the league’s top seven teams record-wise will square off on Wednesday when the Houston Rockets host…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":582457,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3766],"tags":[1307,883,7,1266,45,75,3798,46,149,1243,374,1409,866,194,126,2497,78,77,938,6,4986,78485,2080,962,873],"class_list":{"0":"post-582456","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boston-celtics","8":"tag-alperen-sengun","9":"tag-amen-thompson","10":"tag-basketball","11":"tag-baylor-scheierman","12":"tag-boston","13":"tag-boston-celtics","14":"tag-bostonceltics","15":"tag-celtics","16":"tag-dallas-mavericks","17":"tag-derrick-white","18":"tag-dorian-finney-smith","19":"tag-eastern-conference","20":"tag-fred-vanvleet","21":"tag-houston-rockets","22":"tag-indiana-pacers","23":"tag-jabari-smith-jr","24":"tag-jaylen-brown","25":"tag-jayson-tatum","26":"tag-kevin-durant","27":"tag-nba","28":"tag-neemias-queta","29":"tag-preseason-expectations","30":"tag-sam-hauser","31":"tag-steven-adams","32":"tag-tari-eason"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116013982091897710","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=582456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582456\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/582457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=582456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=582456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=582456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}