In the first of consecutive games between the Western Conference foes, Domantas Sabonis leads the Sacramento Kings into Houston to face Jalen Green and the rebuilding Rockets on Monday. The same two teams will again meet on Wednesday, also at Toyota Center.
Sabonis, De’Aaron Fox, and the rest of the Kings have rapidly risen from a perennial rebuilding squad to a group that is currently in third place in the West. That’s a template that Green, Alperen Sengun, and the rest of the Rockets would love to adopt for their own use.
To even consider such a dramatic turnaround, though, one of the first steps for the last-place Rockets is to improve defensively. In Saturday’s blowout loss to Oklahoma City, Houston allowed the Thunder to score 153 points, representing the most of any game in club history.
In a similar format last month of two straight games between the same teams in the same arena, the Kings swept the Rockets in Sacramento. Fox, however, was a key difference maker in both games. It remains to be seen if he will play on Monday, since he missed Sacramento’s game on Sunday in New Orleans (personal reasons).
- Date: Monday, Feb. 6
- Time: 7 p.m. Central
- TV Channel: AT&T SportsNet Southwest, NBA League Pass
- Live Stream: fuboTV (watch for free in Houston markets)
Houston Rockets (13-40)
- Guard: Eric Gordon
- Guard: Jalen Green
- Forward: KJ Martin
- Forward: Jabari Smith Jr.
- Center: Alperen Sengun
Sacramento Kings (29-22)
- Guard: Davion Mitchell
- Guard: Kevin Huerter
- Forward: Harrison Barnes
- Forward: Keegan Murray
- Center: Domantas Sabonis
Projected lineups are based on each team’s prior game, with the exception of Gordon starting in place of Daishen Nix. Gordon sat out Saturday for maintenance on night two of a back-to-back.
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