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Feb. 25, 2026, 10:27 p.m. CT<\/p>\n

HOUSTON — With Amen Thompson sidelined<\/a> by left quadricep tendinitis, the Rockets found a suitable starting lineup replacement during Wednesday\u2019s 128-97 beatdown (box score<\/a>) of the lowly Sacramento Kings<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Houston (36-21) remains in the No. 3 spot in the Western Conference standings<\/a>, while Sacramento (13-47) continues to own the NBA\u2019s worst record.<\/p>\n

With Thompson sidelined, Reed Sheppard stepped in as Houston\u2019s primary ball-handler and finished with a game-high 28 points, including a career-high seven 3-pointers in 16 attempts (43.8%).<\/p>\n

For the Rockets, Wednesday\u2019s game wrapped up a 2-0 homestand at Toyota Center. Other statistics of note included:<\/p>\n

Alperen Sengun: 26 points, 13 rebounds, 11 assists, 3 blocks; 2 steals; 9-of-13 shooting (69.2%), 7-of-8 on free throws (87.5%)Kevin Durant: 21 points, 5 assists, 4 rebounds; 8-of-13 shooting (61.5%), 2-of-5 on 3-pointers (40.0%)Josh Okogie: 14 points, 7 rebounds, 2 steals, +30 in 24 minutes; 5-of-7 shooting (71.4%), 3-of-4 on 3-pointers (75.0%)Russell Westbrook (Kings): 22 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists; 10-of-19 shooting (52.6%)Need a news break? Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/p>\n

For Sengun, it was his third triple-double of the 2025-26 season and the 11th of his five-year NBA career.<\/p>\n

Defensively, the Rockets held an opponent below 100 points for the 10th time this season. They are 10-0 in those games, with six having come since January 1.<\/p>\n

Houston is 17-0 when holding opponents to 102 or fewer points.<\/p>\n

Next up for the Rockets is a three-game Eastern Conference road trip versus Orlando, Miami, and Washington. Tipoff of Thursday\u2019s game versus the Magic (31-26), which will be night two of a split back-to-back for Houston, is at 6:30 p.m. Central.<\/p>\n

Rockets head coach Ime Udoka expressed optimism Wednesday that Thompson could return versus the Magic, but it will likely be a game-time decision.<\/p>\n

More: Amen Thompson to miss at least one game for Rockets with quad injury<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Feb. 25, 2026, 10:27 p.m. CT HOUSTON — With Amen Thompson sidelined by left quadricep tendinitis, the Rockets…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":625626,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3792],"tags":[72400,7,4056,6,986,477,4055,72742,72743,72801,72799,72404,72559,73044,73041,72444,72422,72476,72445,72405,72811,72414,72439,72406,72403],"class_list":["post-625625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento-kings","tag-accessfree","tag-basketball","tag-kings","tag-nba","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-kings","tag-sacramentokings","tag-sstssportsnbarockets","tag-sstsnrockets","tag-tagalperen-sengun","tag-tagamen-thompson","tag-tagbasketball","tag-taghouston-rockets","tag-tagime-udoka","tag-tagjosh-okogie","tag-tagnational-sports","tag-tagnba","tag-tagorlando-magic","tag-tagoverall-neutral","tag-tagoverall-positive","tag-tagreed-sheppard","tag-tagsacramento-kings","tag-tagsport-scores-statistics","tag-tagsports-news","tag-typestory"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116135945517492598","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=625625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625625\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/625626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=625625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=625625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=625625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}