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If the Houston Rockets’ three-game winning streak is the beginning of a late playoff push, the team knows it still has plenty of work to do in its final 17 games.

Jumping past the Memphis Grizzlies would be a start.

The Rockets will try to hand Memphis an eighth straight loss in Houston while snapping the Grizzlies’ seven-game road winning streak as the postseason hopefuls meet Wednesday night, with the winner grabbing ninth place in the Western Conference.

Memphis’ 104-97 win over Chicago on Tuesday pushed the Grizzlies (36-32) a half-game ahead of idle Houston in the West, with both teams still chasing eighth-place Portland.

The Rockets (34-31) remain five games behind the Trail Blazers, although they’re three in back of Portland in the loss column as they chase a fourth straight playoff berth.The Grizzlies’ 104-79 loss on Nov. 11 was their seventh consecutive defeat at the Toyota Center, and Memphis began the season by losing 17 of its first 25 road games. But the club has won its last seven road games overall to set a franchise record, and its last trip resulted in a 111-91 win over Boston last Wednesday.

Memphis has won four of five overall after Tuesday’s win. The Grizzlies nearly squandered a 25-point lead, but held on as all five starters scored in double figures — including center Hasheem Thabeet, who was starting in place of Marc Gasol (strained neck).

Thabeet, largely a disappointment after he was drafted No. 2 overall last summer, matched season highs with 10 points and nine rebounds.