A pair of teams in different situations in the Western Conference playoff picture take the floor to conclude a two-game set in the Lone Star State. The Sacramento Kings are on the road as they make the trip to take on the Houston Rockets Wednesday night. These teams met in the opening game of their two-game set on Monday night, with the Kings rolling to a 140-120 victory here in Houston, covering the line as a seven-point favorite in the process. In the all-time regular season series between the teams, the Rockets own a 138-97 advantage but the Kings have won five straight meetings, including each of the three contests that have taken place this season.
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Sacramento had dropped two straight and four of their previous six games before rolling past Houston in the first meeting of this two-game set Monday night. The Kings improved to 30-23 on the season and lead the Pacific Division by one game over the Clippers entering Tuesday night. In the Western Conference playoff picture, the team stood third, 6.5 games behind the Nuggets for the top spot, 2.5 games ahead of seventh-place Golden State to stay in a guaranteed playoff spot and 4.5 games ahead of 11th-place Portland to remain in the playoff picture. Against Houston, Sacramento led by seven after the opening quarter and by 17 at the half. The Kings saw the lead narrowed to five in the third quarter but pushed back to an 11-point edge after three quarters. They never let the Rockets closer than that in the final stanza en route to the win. Sacramento shot 58.4% from the field, including 21 of 41 from beyond the arc, and overcame all owing the Rockets to shoot 50% in the game. Keegan Murray led the Kings with 30 points and six rebounds in the win.
The Kings enter this game 1st in the league in scoring offense with an average of 119.3 points per game. Sacramento is 24th in rebounding with 41.9 boards a contest while the team stands 5th by handing out an average of 27 assists per contest. The Kings are 22nd in scoring defense as they allow an average of 116.6 points a night. De’Aaron Fox leads the team with 24.1 points plus 4.3 rebounds and 6.2 assists a night on the year. Keegan Murray (12.1 points, 4.6 rebounds), Kevin Huerter (15 points, three assists) and Domantas Sabonis (18.6 points, 12.3 rebounds, seven assists) each average in double figures. Terence Davis, Malik Monk (13.5 points), Harrison Barnes (15.1 points), Richaun Holmes, Davion Mitchell, Trey Lyles and Chimezie Metu are all key pieces of their rotation. Sac ramento is 3rd in field goal percentage by shooting 49.3% from the floor as a team on the year. The Kings are 7th by knocking down an average of 13.5 three-pointers a night while they are 11th by knocking down 36.8% of their attempts from beyond the arc this season.
As of Tuesday night, the Kings have no reported injuries to worry about heading into tip-off.
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