Both of these teams played yesterday. The Houston Rockets had a matinee game against the Denver Nuggets (which Houston won, of course) and the Sacramento Kings lost at home against the Portland Trail Blazers.
As I have mentioned before, the three-game trips to California have not always gone well for Ime Udoka’s Rockets, but they did better at them last season as the year went on. After playing in California’s capital tonight, the Rockets will head to Los Angeles to face both teams on Tuesday (LAC) and Thursday (LAL).
Dorian Finney-Smith: OUT (ankle)
The Line (as of this post)
Looking ahead because we can
Tuesday night on the road against the Los Angeles Clippers