The Rockets just wrapped up a five-games-in-seven-nights grind and still walked away 3–2 from it. The losses to the Jazz and Mavericks weren’t ideal, but they also weren’t shocking for a team missing pieces and dealing with its injury bumps this season. And now, right after all that chaos, the schedule flips; after two back-to-backs squeezed in, Houston suddenly gets only one game in the next seven days thanks to the Emirates NBA Cup.

So they see the Clippers on Thursday before disappearing for the weekend.

One name that popped up on the injury report was Alperen Sengun , who finally made his return to practice ahead of the Clippers clash. “I think they did a pretty good job,” he said of the Rockets navigating his absence in the last 2 games due to illness.

“We have a good team. No

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