Rockets notes as team prepares to face Spurs

The Rockets have held opponents to 34.0% shooting from 3-point range over the past 11 games after the opposition shot 39.9% the 12 games prior… Houston ranks 14th in 3-point defense this season (opponents: 34.6%) after finishing 27th in 2020-21 (opponents: 38.2%).

Houston has scored 20+ points off turnovers twice over the past four games, including a season-high 29 at Golden State on 1/21, after not having more than 16 in any of the eight games prior.

Christian Wood has hit 2+ 3-pointers in a career-high tying five straight games and is averaging 3.0 3FGM on 51.7% shooting over that span… he is tied for the third-most 3FGM (77) of any player listed 6’10” or taller this season.

Garrison Mathews is averaging 14.4 points while shooting 11-of-20 from 3-point range over the past three games after having a total of 5 points while shooting 1-of-11 from behind-the-arc the three games prior… Houston is 9-5 when he scores at least 13 points this season.

Author: Inside Hoops

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