Toronto and Houston match up for a Friday night tilt. Both teams are heading in opposite directions. The Raptors have climbed back from a 2-8 start and currently wedged into the 4-through-10 logjam in the East. The Rockets battled valiantly after the Harden trade, winning 7 of 11, before dropping their last 9 in a row.
To help break down the 4th consecutive matchup between these teams in a 4th different location (2019 preseason in Japan; 2019 regular season in Toronto; 2020 Bubble “pre-season” in Orlando; 2021 regular season in Tampa), we brought in Michael Brown of The Dream Take podcast (part of SB Nation’s Houston Rockets affiliate blog, The Dream Shake).