A day before the Rockets will open their second-round playoff series against the Utah Jazz, an Instagram post by Rockets forward Luc Mbah a Moute tagged him as at a "Jazz Funeral."
A Rockets spokesperson said Mbah a Moute did not create the post, but that it was from his social media manager. It was removed.
Earlier in the day, Mbah a Moute offered effusive praise of the Jazz.
"I played in the playoff against them last year," Mbah a Moute said of last season's first-round series when the Jazz knocked off the Clippers in seven games.