With Minnesota’s visit on Friday night, the Rockets will open up a season-long homestand of five straight games at Toyota Center.

Losers of three of their last four games, the Houston Rockets are desperately needing to find the rhythm they had weeks ago, where they surged to the top of the

Another Celtics star remained sidelined, however. Jaylen Brown missed his second straight game with a right shoulder sprain. Al Horford also sat out for rest purposes on the second night of a back-to-back.