For first time since November, Rockets (48-29) win five straight games
The 2026 NBA playoffs are two weeks away, and with five straight victories, the Rockets (48-29) have tied their longest winning streak of the season.
For the first time since before Thanksgiving, the Rockets have won five consecutive games. Houston’s latest conquest came in Friday’s 140-106 beatdown ( box score ) of the visiting Utah Jazz, and it ties the team’s longest winning streak of the 2025-26 season. The Rockets (48-29) expanded their lead for the No.
5 spot in the Western Conference standings , and they have already clinched a spot in the 2026 playoffs. The rebuilding Jazz (21-57) remain in second-to-last place. From Rockets PR, key statistics were as follows: — Houston won by a season-high 34 points, and it is the fifth time the Rockets have defeated the Jazz by 30+ in the all-time series.
During the current five-game winning streak, Houston is outscoring opponents by an average of 19. 8 points per game. — The Rockets scored a season-high tying 140 points.
Houston is averaging 121. 1 points over its past 10 games after averaging 108. 0 the 36 games prior.
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