Facing a team that hasn’t won since Christmas Day, the Houston Rockets will have to work hard to ensure they’re not the team that ends the 76ers slump. While Houston is coming off an impressive 130-104 victory over the second-seeded Denver Nuggets, Philadelphia is in freefall mode since their dominant victory over Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks. Philly has now lost against the Magic, Heat and Pacers on their post-holiday road trip.
Still, the 76ers are one of the top teams in the Eastern Conference for a reason, so recent history shouldn’t be used to predict how they’ll play when they visit the Toyota Center.