HOUSTON -- Rockets forward Jabari Smith Jr. was set to return Friday night against the Minnesota Timberwolves after missing 22 games with a broken left hand.
Houston coach Ime Udoka said Smith would come off the bench, but that was due in part to the possibility of not having some players Saturday night in Utah as the Rockets play back-to-back games.
"It was just a little bit of everything," Udoka said. "Easing him back into it a little bit, not really conditioning wise, but we will see how he looks in this game and then everything is kind of open moving forward.