The Rockets have the top offense in the NBA right now. Chris Paul has made James Harden even more dangerous if that's possible. Harden is leading the NBA in scoring at 31.5 points a game.

The Rockets have scored at least 115 points in nine of their last 11 games.

The Jazz are far more vulnerable on defense without Rudy Gobert, their star center and rim protector. The Jazz have become more up-tempo and offensive-minded minus Gobert. They have scored triple digits in each of their last five games and 11 of their last 12 games.

Derrick Favors, the Jazz's second-best big man, is out, too. So there should be a lot of small ball in this matchup.