Overview
- Tip-off is 7:00 p.m. CT at Toyota Center on Space City Home Network, with streaming available via Fubo.
- Houston lists Fred VanVleet, Steven Adams, Amen Thompson and Jae'Sean Tate as out for the matchup.
- Sacramento remains without Zach LaVine, Domantas Sabonis and De'Andre Hunter for the season; Devin Carter is questionable and Dylan Cardwell is out.
- The Rockets enter 35-21 and third in the West after a 125-105 win over Utah, while the Kings are 13-46 after snapping a 16-game skid at Memphis.
- Probable starters: Rockets—Reed Sheppard, Tari Eason, Kevin Durant, Jabari Smith Jr., Alperen Sengun; Kings—Russell Westbrook, DeMar DeRozan, Keegan Murray, Precious Achiuwa, Maxime Raynaud; Houston plans to fly to Orlando postgame for the second night of a back-to-back.