Jonas Valanciunas has successfully made a measly 4.4 buckets per game this year, a sizeable decrease from his 5.7 rate last year.Jonas Valanciunas has averaged 2.5 personal fouls per game while playing on the road this year, ranking in the 79th percentile -- among the league's most foul-prone.In terms of scoring, the Pelicans's unimpressive 108.3 points per game ranks 5th-fewest in the league this year.This matchup is a favorable one for shots from the field; when the Houston Rockets are playing at home, opposing squads have compiled the 9th-highest field goal percentage in the NBA against them since the start of last season (48.1%).Since the start of last season when they are away from home, the opposing team's starting Cs have compiled 12.6 points per game (13th-lowest in the NBA) vs. the Houston Rockets, identifying this as a challenging matchup for offensive output.
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