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Jazz
| Date | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|
| vs HOU | W 133-125 | |
| vs HOU | L 101-129 | |
| vs SAC | W 128-119 | |
| at GSW | L 134-117 | |
| vs LAL | L 106-108 |
Rockets
| Date | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|
| vs SAC | W 121-95 | |
| at UTA | L 133-125 | |
| at UTA | W 101-129 | |
| at GSW | W 100-104 | |
| at PHX | W 92-114 |
Injuries
Jazz
| Player | Pos | Date | Injury | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Jusuf Nurkić | C | Rib | The Jazz listed Nurkic as Questionable for Thursday's (Dec. 4) game against Brooklyn. | |
 Kevin Love | F-C | Rest | The Jazz listed Love as OUT for Thursday's (Dec. 4) game against Brooklyn. | |
 Walker Kessler | C | Shoulder | Kessler will undergo left shoulder surgery to address a torn labrum and will miss the remainder of the 2025-26 season, as per Tony Jones of The Athletic. | |
 Georges Niang | F | Foot | The Jazz said on Saturday (Nov. 22) that Niang will miss at least 10-14 more days. |
Rockets
| Player | Pos | Date | Injury | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Tari Eason | F | Oblique | The Rockets announced that Eason will miss at least four weeks due to an oblique injury. | |
 Dorian Finney-Smith | F | Ankle | Head coach Ime Udoka told Michael Shapiro of SI.com that Finney-Smith was behind schedule in his recovery, but the Rockets haven't offered up any sort of timeline regarding when the veteran forward might play. Consider Finney-Smith week-to-week until the | |
 Fred VanVleet | G | ACL | The Rockets said on Monday (Sept. 22) that VanVleet suffered a torn ACL and may be out for the entire 2025-26 campaign, per Shams Charania of ESPN. |
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