The Pelicans represent a soft landing spot for Jalen Green, who has struggled to find his scoring stroke over the last couple of games. The Rockets guard will bounce back in a big way tonight. It looked like the New Orleans Pelicans were tanking their own tank,

In Thursday’s matchup versus Zion Williamson and the Pelicans, Jalen Green and the Rockets (37-25) are hoping to end an eight-game road losing streak.

The Rockets picked up a sorely needed win against the New Orleans Pelicans on Thursday night. They’ll have the opportunity to snag another on Saturday.

Led by Alperen Sengun, the Rockets easily covered the spread in New Orleans. Thus, there’s a larger number (-7.5) for Saturday’s rematch in Houston.

In Thursday’s matchup versus Zion Williamson and the Pelicans, Jalen Green and the Rockets (37-25) are hoping to end an eight-game road losing streak.

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Houston and New Orleans will take the floor in a matchup of Western Conference foes. Saturday's matchup is the first this season for the teams.

The New Orleans Pelicans didn’t have Zion Williamson the first two times they played the Houston Rockets this season.

For starters, the matchup against the Pels is a great one, even if they are playing better. New Orleans still ranks next-to-last in both defensive rating and opponent effective field goal percentage. The Pelicans also surrender the second-most 3-point attempts per game while ranking 23rd in opponent 3-point shooting percentage.

The Houston Rockets will take on the New Orleans Pelicans for the second time in two days, this time at the Toyota Center in Houston.

Houston will aim to break its eight-game road slide when the Rockets face New Orleans. The teams match up Thursday for the first time this season.