Houston hosts Miami for cross-conference matchup

Miami Heat (15-14, seventh in the Eastern Conference) vs. Houston Rockets (21-10, third in the Western Conference)

Houston; Sunday, 7 p.m. EST

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Rockets -6.5; over/under is 216.5

BOTTOM LINE: The Miami Heat take on the Houston Rockets in a non-conference matchup.

The Rockets are 11-4 on their home court. Houston is 3-3 in one-possession games.

The Heat are 6-9 on the road. Miami averages 12.4 turnovers per game and is 8-8 when winning the turnover battle.

The Rockets are shooting 44.4% from the field this season, 1.8 percentage points lower than the 46.2% the Heat allow to opponents. The Heat average 14.5 made 3-pointers per game this season, 2.3 more made shots on average than the 12.2 per game the Rockets allow.

TOP PERFORMERS: Alperen Sengun is averaging 19 points, 10.6 rebounds and 5.1 assists for the Rockets.

Tyler Herro is scoring 23.9 points per game and averaging 5.7 rebounds for the Heat.

LAST 10 GAMES: Rockets: 6-4, averaging 110.9 points, 49.0 rebounds, 21.0 assists, 7.3 steals and 5.4 blocks per game while shooting 45.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 107.4 points per game.

Heat: 6-4, averaging 113.5 points, 43.6 rebounds, 25.7 assists, 8.9 steals and 3.6 blocks per game while shooting 47.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 107.4 points.

INJURIES: Rockets: Dillon Brooks: day to day (ankle), Tari Eason: day to day (rest).

Heat: Dru Smith: out for season (achilles), Josh Richardson: day to day (heel), Jimmy Butler: day to day (illness).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.