The Rockets have won 7 of 9 games since their loss to the Pacers in Indianapolis Jan. 29.
That game ended a five-game road trip with the Rockets showing road-weariness in a 120-101 loss. But for whatever issues they had that day or with the wins they have collected since, they said they had not forgotten a loss tied with an early-season defeat at Utah for their most lopsided of the season.
"It's not that long ago that we played against them," guard Eric Gordon said. "Yeah, it's in the back of our minds. That was probably for sure one of our worst games of the season.