While the Rockets could face the Bucks on Tuesday without Eric Gordon at a time he is on his best shooting stretch of the season, their hopes to use the final weeks at full strength to work out rotation decisions for the playoffs took a more significant hit with guard Gerald Green going out for seven to 10 days with a strained adductor.
Green suffered the injury in a pregame dunk Sunday in New Orleans. With Rockets coach Mike D’Antoni calling Gordon 50/50 to play on Tuesday with a sprained right ankle, Danuel House Jr. could return to the starting lineup.