HOUSTON ROCKETS TEAM NOTES
Alperen Sengun is averaging 13.0 points, 8.0 rebounds and 7.7 assists over the past three games… he recorded the first triple-double of his career at Sacramento on 1/11 and surpassed Kevin Porter Jr. as the youngest Rocket with one in franchise history at 20 years, 170 days.
KJ Martin has scored 20-plus points in two of the past three games and five times overall this season after doing so six times his first two seasons combined… he is one of four players averaging at least 10.0 ppg while shooting 55.0% or better from the floor in fewer than 25.0 mpg this season.
After wrapping up a four-game road trip tonight at the Los Angeles Lakers, Houston will play six of its next eight games at Toyota Center from 1/18-2/3.
The Rockets have shot 45.0% or better from the floor in each of the past three games after doing so once the six games prior… since the start of last season, 24 of Houston’s 30 wins have come when shooting at least 45.0%.
