Alperen Sengun will lead the Houston Rockets (30-14) into a road matchup with Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics (32-14) at TD Garden on Monday, starting at 7:30 PM ET.Last time out, the Celtics

The Celtics will need to play well at home to prevent another deflating loss to a team they should beat on paper.

A Rockets shootaround went very wrong. Kansas City's win over Buffalo was like many of its close-call victories this season: a little timing, execution, luck, talent and occasional controversy. The end result puts the Chiefs of the cusp of a Super Bowl three-peat. The Chiefs beat the Bills on Sunday to reach Super Bowl LIX.

Boston hosts Houston in out-of-conference action. Monday's matchup is the first of the season for the teams. Boston is 15-8 at home, and Houston is 15-7 on the road.

The Celtics return to TD Garden after a four-game road trip as they’ll face a familiar foe in the Rockets and ex-C’s coach Ime Udoka. They have two players listed on the injury report for the 7:30 p.m. Monday game.

As if facing the defending NBA champions on the road was not enough, the visiting Houston Rockets must also contend with the development that the Boston Celtics' Derrick White appears to have broken out of his shooting slump when the teams plays Monday night.

The Boston Celtics are coming off a recent pounding at the hands of their bitter rivals, the Los Angeles Lakers. Thursday night saw Boston losing 117-96 as they

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The Rockets are 9-3 in January, though one of the three losses was to the Celtics. In a rematch from Boston, Houston will look to get some revenge.

The Thunder split their four games since beating Cleveland in a rematch of the league’s top two teams. They got back on track Sunday with a 118-108 win at Portland after a rare home loss to Dallas in the second of a back-to-back. OKC is 20-3 at home.

Boston Celtics star Kristaps Porziņģis feels the team has lacked the same sharpness it displayed last year, when it conquered the Dallas Mavericks in the