7:40 pm
February 17

Rockets @ 76ers

What will be the GAME RESULT?

Rockets: Win or Single Digit Loss

@ 76ers: Win By Double Digits

 

Current odds:

Houston Rockets: (+295)

Philadelphia 76ers: (-375)

 

• The line for this game is 76ers by 8.5 points.

•  Ben Simmons (illness) ruled out Wednesday.

• The Philadelphia 76ers will look to snap a three-game losing streak when they host the reeling Houston Rockets on Wednesday night. After a victory on the road against the Sacramento Kings, the Sixers dropped their final three games of the trip to the Portland Trail Blazers, Phoenix Suns and Utah Jazz.

• Joel Embiid was a late scratch with back tightness in Monday’s 134-123 loss to the Jazz, and the Sixers fell to 1-5 without him. Ben Simmons stepped up to complete his best game of the season with a career-high 42 points, 12 assists and nine rebounds. If Embiid is unable to play against the Rockets, the Sixers can take solace in the improvement Simmons has shown.

• Embiid has been performing at a level worthy of consideration for the league’s Most Valuable Player award. With him sidelined, Simmons simply changed his focus offensively.

• Simmons became the first Sixer to post at least 40 points and 10 assists in a game since Allen Iverson in 2006. Tobias Harris also had a strong game against the Jazz with 36 points and 10 rebounds.

• Philadelphia’s Shake Milton, a key reserve, missed the Utah game and is still questionable with a sore ankle.

• The Rockets hope to avoid a seventh consecutive loss when they visit the Sixers. In their most recent game, the Rockets fell 131-119 to the Washington Wizards despite John Wall’s 29 points and 11 assists. But the Rockets’ roster has been severely depleted with Victor Oladipo, Christian Wood, Eric Gordon and P.J. Tucker all out with injuries. Tucker, Wood, and Oladipo all remain out.

• Tucker had his streak of 267 consecutive games played come to an end because of a bruised thigh. He had never missed a game with the Rockets and is considered day-to-day along with Gordon. Gordon is playing. 

• David Nwaba added 19 points and 11 rebounds while Jae’Sean Tate had 18 points in the loss to the Wizards. Being so short-handed, the Rockets will need all available players to contribute to have a shot at a tough road victory.

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Rockets: Win or Single Digit Loss
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