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The Houston Rockets will play the Toronto Raptors on Friday night at Scotiabank Arena. Tip-off is at 7:30 p.m. ET.
The Rockets are three-point spread favorites and the game total is 231 points.
Houston (23-27 SU, 27-22-1 ATS, and 24-26 O/U) lost 132-129 to Indiana on Tuesday. The Rockets, 5-18 SU and 10-13 ATS on the road, are in 12th place in the Western Conference.
Toronto (18-33 SU, 24-27 ATS, and 28-23 O/U) beat Charlotte 124-117 on Wednesday. The Raptors, 10-13 SU and 10-13 ATS, are in 12th place in the Eastern Conference.
At the trade deadline, the Raptors acquired Kelly Olynyk and Ochai Agbaji from the Utah Jazz for Otto Porter Jr., Kira Lewis Jr., and a first-round pick. They also traded Dennis Schroder and Thadde us Young to Brooklyn for Spencer Dinwiddie, who was subsequently waived.
Rockets: G Fred VanVleet (16.5 PPG and 8.2 APG) is out with a groin injury.
Raptors: C Jontay Porter (4.7 PPG and 3.5 RPG) is out with a back injury.
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Houston averages 113.7 points per game (21st) on 46.4 percent shooting (24th), including 35.2 percent from three-point range (26th). It converts 77.9 percent of its free-throw attempts (16th) and averages 45.3 rebounds (5th), 25.1 assists (23rd), and 12.7 turnovers (8th).
The Rockets surrender 112.7 points per game (10th) and their opponents shoot 46.1 percent (5th), including 34.7 percent from long range (3rd), with 44.2 rebounds per game (18th). Houston averages 4.4 blocks (24th), 7.5 steals (14th), and 21.4 fouls (28th) per game.
The Rockets rank 21st in offensive rating, 8th in defensive rating, and 15th in pace (schedule-adjusted), per Dunks and Threes.
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