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Utah Jazz Face Rockets Riding 17-Game Road Losing Streak

Apr 2, 2025, 2:58 PM | Updated: 3:04 pm

SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah Jazz will look to snap their 17-game road losing streak when they travel to face the Houston Rockets.

The Jazz have not won on the road since the first week of January when they beat the Miami Heat and Orlando Magic on back-to-back nights.

Related: Jazz Fall To Hornets In Critical Standings Game

Season Ending Injuries Piling Up For Jazz

With just six games remaining in the regular season, the Jazz have lost several players for the remainder of the 2024-25 campaign.

Taylor Hendricks suffered a broken fibula and dislocated ankle in the third game of the season and won’t return until next season.

Last week, Jordan Clarkson had a procedure to address his ongoing plantar fasciitis and will miss the remainder of the season.

Before facing the Rockets, the Jazz announced that Cody Williams would miss the final six games of the season due to mononucleosis.

Related: Cody Williams Difficult Rookie Season Ends Prematurely

The Rockets, meanwhile, are looking to hold onto the second seed in the West in the final 11 days of the regular season.

Houston owns a 2.0 game lead over the Denver Nuggets with six games left to play, but has the fifth-most difficult remaining schedule in the NBA.

After hosting the Jazz, the Rockets will welcome the Oklahoma City Thunder, before traveling for a three-game road swing to face the Golden State Warriors, Los Angeles Clippers, and Los Angeles Lakers before returning home to close the season against the Nuggets.

Utah Jazz Injury Report

QUESTIONABLE – Jaden Springer (back)

OUT – Jordan Clarkson (foot)

OUT – Cody Williams (illness)

OUT – Taylor Hendricks (leg)

OUT – Lauri Markkanen (knee)

OUT – John Collins (ankle)

Houston Rockets Injury Report

QUESTIONABLE – Fred VanVleet (ankle)

Next Utah Jazz Broadcast

The Jazz will travel to face the Houston Rockets on Wednesday at 6 p.m. MST. The game will be televised on KJZZ, streamed on Jazz+, and heard on 97.5 The KSL Sports Zone.

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