The Rockets are slated to play the Pelicans tonight, desperately needing another win in the home-stretch of the season.<\/p>\n
Much of this season has been up-and-down for Houston, who now sits at No. 6 in the Western Conference after grappling for third the entire year. They sit a half-game back from Minnesota, making tonight’s game against New Orleans an important one.<\/p>\n
Houston finishes out the season on a relatively easy schedule, though their inconsistency has bitten them several times this season, even against middling teams. The Pelicans, unlike others near the bottom of the standings, currently have no incentive to lose games without their pick, meaning they’ll be going for a win tonight.<\/p>\n
Here are the injury reports for both the Rockets and Pelicans:<\/p>\n
Houston Rockets injuries:<\/p>\n
Steven Adams \u2014 Out: Left ankle surgery<\/p>\n
Tristen Newton \u2014 Out: G League<\/p>\n
Fred VanVleet \u2014 Out: Right knee ACL repair<\/p>\n
New Orleans Pelicans injuries:<\/p>\n
Trey Alexander \u2014 Out: G League<\/p>\n
Hunter Dickinson \u2014 Out: G League<\/p>\n
Bryce McGowens \u2014 Out: Right small toe fracture<\/p>\n
Trey Murphy III \u2014 Questionable: Right ankle sprain<\/p>\n
Dejounte Murray \u2014 Questionable: Let hand contusion<\/p>\n
Josh Oduro \u2014 Out: G League<\/p>\n
The Rockets continue to see relatively short injury reports, with its two mainstays in Fred VanVleet and Steven Adams listed.<\/p>\n
Both players are slated to be out the rest of the season, with VanVleet having suffered an ACL injury in an offseason workout, and Adams suffering an ankle injury in January and undergoing surgery.<\/p>\n
The two were big hits to the team\u2019s starting lineup and rotation, though they\u2019ve had to weather on for some time now.<\/p>\n
The Pelicans list six players to the Rockets\u2019 three, though three of New Orleans listings are out on G League assignment. The team is slated to be without Bryce McGowens, who has a toe fracture.<\/p>\n
The most consequential part of the injury report is the status of Pelicans stars Trey Murphy III and Dejounte Murray. Both are questionable to play in dealing with various injuries.<\/p>\n
Murphy has been one of the brightest spots for the Pelicans this year, averaging 21.7 points on 47% shooting overall. Murray has dealt with several larger injuries over the last few years, but has finally made his way back to 12 games for the Pelicans this season, averaging 17.2 points and 6.5 rebounds.<\/p>\n
The status of New Orleans\u2019 guards will be big for Houston, as both are among their more impactful players.<\/p>\n
The Rockets and Pelicans tip off at 6 p.m. CT from Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, LA.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Rockets are slated to play the Pelicans tonight, desperately needing another win in the home-stretch of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":686469,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3796],"tags":[7,6,478,470,4073,4072,675],"class_list":{"0":"post-686468","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-orleans-pelicans","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-nba","10":"tag-new-orleans","11":"tag-new-orleans-pelicans","12":"tag-neworleans","13":"tag-neworleanspelicans","14":"tag-pelicans"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116313926063035416","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686468","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=686468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686468\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/686469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=686468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=686468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=686468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}