TORONTO (Ticker) -- The Houston Rockets can continue their dominance over the Toronto Raptors on Sunday when they begin a tough road stretch at the Air Canada Centre.
The Rockets have an 11-4 all-time advantage over the Raptors since the series began in the 1995-96 season. They have won three straight meetings between the teams after sweeping the 2002-03 season series.
Houston has won seven of eight home games against Toronto but has split four all-time visits to the Air Canada Centre.
The Rockets have won five of their last six games overall after posting a 90-85 home victory over the Phoenix Suns on Friday.
Steve Francis scored 26 points and Yao Ming collected 21 points and 14 rebounds for Houston, which are in first place in the Midwest Division after five games for the first time since 1997.
Cuttino Mobley scored just 10 points on 3-of-13 shooting for the Rockets but had a season-high eight assists and two steals. He has made just 5-of-23 shots in his last two games.
Toronto completed a winless three-game road trip with a 94-64 loss to the Sacramento Kings on Friday.
Vince Carter scored just 13 points on 5-of-21 shooting for the Raptors, who had just 10 assists and shot 34 percent (27-of-80) from the floor.
Lamond Murray also had 13 points and Milt Palacio added 10 as Toronto scored 80 points or less for the sixth time in its last seven contests.
The Raptors struggled offensively as Carter, Morris Peterson, Antonio Daniels and rookie Chris Bosh combined to make just 11-of-47 shots.
