Houston Rockets1-0atUtah Jazz0-1

Tue, Feb 9, 10:00 PM ESTDelta Center, Salt Lake City, UTPeacock · NBC · SCHN/SCHN+

57/ 100

Worth a Look6th of 10 tonight

What the model saw — 57

National TV+8

Team quality+6

Star power+3

Competitive+0

Base + 4057

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Where to watch

National: streamingPeacockNBC
Local TV: HOUSCHN/SCHN+in-market
League Pass: Live out of market
Radio: HOU790 AM / 740 AMUTAKSL 97.5 FM / S: KTUBSiriusXM

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What to know before tip

Travel tax: UTA3 in 4: UTANational TV

UTA is carrying the heavier travel load at 984 mi from its previous stop.
UTA is playing into a 3 in 4 schedule window, which matters even before the ball goes up.
HOU is in game 3 of 3 on the road with 1,649 mi already logged before tip.
National TV puts extra weight on a matchup that already has real schedule context.
Kevin Durant headlines this one.

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Who's in, who's out

HOU

1 day-to-day

DTDSteven AdamsCCalf — Soreness · targeting Oct 23

UTA

1 out

OutJusuf NurkicCFoot · targeting Nov 4
DTDTony BradleyC-FQuadriceps · targeting Oct 23
DTDTrey AlexanderGKnee · targeting Oct 23

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Rest, travel, and body clock

Schedule spot	HOU	UTA
Record	1-0	0-1
Days rest	1 day	1 day
Hours rest	47.5h	54.5h
Rest swing	-7h	+7h
Travel in	532 mi edge	984 mi
Zone change	+1h	-1h
Body clock	-1h	0h
Local tip	evening	evening
Segment	Road trip · 3 of 3	Homestand · 1 of 1
Miles before tip	1,649 mi	0 mi
Schedule alerts	—	3 in 4
Fatigue Index	3	3

marks the side with the edge in that row.

How each side got here532 mi vs 984 mi

How each side got here

HOU

532 mi

Sacramento, CASalt Lake City, UT

HOU came from Sacramento, CA with 532 mi of travel and +1h of time-zone change.

Sacramento, CA to Salt Lake City, UT

UTA

984 mi

Minneapolis, MNSalt Lake City, UT

UTA came from Minneapolis, MN with 984 mi of travel and -1h of time-zone change.

Minneapolis, MN to Salt Lake City, UT

Where this game sitsroad 3 of 3 vs homestand 1 of 1

Where this game sits in the run

HOU

Road trip

HOU is on game 3 of 3 on the road, with 1,649 mi already behind it.

Game in segment3 of 3

Miles before tip1,649 mi

Segment miles2,181 mi

UTA

Homestand

UTA is in game 1 of 1 on this homestand.

Game in segment1 of 1

Miles before tip0 mi

Segment miles0 mi