Courtesy of late heroics by rookie forward Jabari Smith Jr., the young Houston Rockets have their first three-game winning streak of the 2022-23 season. They’ve now won five of their last eight, overall, in what is clearly their best run of form in some time.
Now, in Sunday’s immediate rematch with New Orleans — which remains very much in the Western Conference playoff race — can Smith and the rebuilding Rockets somehow do it again?
