Jalen Green and Jabari Smith Jr. are helping raise the Houston Rockets' ceiling this season. The team's starting lineup is full of floor raisers, players who ca

Jabari Smith Jr has missed 22 games after suffering a fracture to the fourth metacarpal on his left hand, but he returned to practice on Thursday and the expectation is that he’ll play Friday when the Rockets host the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Jalen Green scored 35 points, Alperen Sengun added 24 points and 13 rebounds and the Houston Rockets defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves 121-115 on Friday night. Green finished 12 of 24 from the floor and was 5 of 11 on 3-pointers.

It has almost been a year since Jalen Green had the best month in his career. Last March, Green averaged 27.7 points per game, six rebounds, and four assists on almost 50% shooting. He led the Rockets a 13-2 record that month.

I believe I should’ve got in there, but there’s going to be another opportunity for sure, next year,” Jalen Green says of the All-Star announcements.