Houston's third-year forward had been out since breaking a bone in his hand during the team shootaraound on Jan. 3.

It doesn’t matter about when you start,” Jabari Smith Jr. tells Rockets Wire of his mindset. “It matters what you do when you get in the game.”

The Houston Rockets (34-21) begin their post-All Star break schedule with a game against the Minnesota Timberwolves (31-25) on Friday at Toyota Center. The Rockets lost seven of their last 10 games leading into the break,