[Game] 60/82: Kings @ Rockets 25 FEB 2026, 5pm PT/8pm ET

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Sacramento Kings 13-46 (4-26 Away) @ Houston Rockets 35-21 (19-7 Home)
25 February 2026, 5pm PT/8pm ET
Toyota Center, Houston, Texas

Last 5:
Rockets 3-2 Kings 1-4

Series:
Kings lead 2-1​

Game Preview:
Rockets vow to let defense keep fueling offense vs. Kings (NBA.com)

Availability:
Broadcast: NBA League Pass, NBC Sports California
Radio: Sactown Sports 1140 AM

Box Score (via ESPN.com)

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Injury Report (as of 3pm ET):
Rockets:
Jae'Sean Tate - OUT (knee)
Amen Thompson - OUT (quad)
Steven Adams - OUT FOR SEASON (ankle)


Kings:
Devin Carter - QUESTIONABLE (back)
Dylan Cardwell - OUT (ankle)
De'Andre Hunter - OUT FOR SEASON (eye)
Zach LaVine - OUT FOR SEASON (finger)
Domantas Sabonis - OUT FOR SEASON (back)




Referee Assignments:
James Williams (#60 - Crew Chief), Justin Van Duyne (#64 - Referee), Jonathan Sterling (#17 - Umpire). Thirty-seven years combined experience.



Mister Slim Says: Twenty-three more games of this.

Sacramento can do no better than tie the regular season series against any western conference opponent, save two: the New Orleans Pelicans and, astonishingly, the Houston Rockets. Beyond all probability, the Kings have the opportunity to clinch the regular season series 3-1 with a win tonight. In fact, this is the only series against a western conference opponent that the Kings are guaranteed not to lose: regardless of tonight's outcome, they will at least tie the Rockets. And since Houston is motivated to both stay ahead of Denver for third in the conference and not lose a series to a bottom feeder, expect them to not take the Kings lightly.

Kings avoid a winless month of February by the hairs on their chinny-chin-chin, but had to deploy heavy minutes to veterans Westbrook and Achiuwa to pull it off. Hopefully, we've seen enough of that for the remainder of the season.

Keep playing the kids.

 

[Krunker]

Can't see how we possibly pull off another W with KD and Smith Jr. but I guess stranger things have happened

 

[Tetsujin]

Can't see how we possibly pull off another W with KD and Smith Jr. but I guess stranger things have happened

Jabari turning it up and playing like a star after those KD burner leaks where he called him mentally challenged might be the funniest thing to come from those leaks other than him calling Russ a “triple double Cocaine Bear”

 

[pdxKingsFan]

It would have happened sooner or later, and Jump was not even the first hard rock song I remember, but it's the first Van Halen that fully entered my stream of consciousness and it changed something in me. So had to go with that one.

 

[HndsmCelt]

I’m good with not seeing Westbrook logging Big minutes but I’m not sure the alternative to plain precious is at this stage. It’s not like we’ve got some young forwards waiting for their chance and I assume he is someone we can expect to play big minutes next season with the squad

 

[Capt. Factorial]

Slim managed to break my tech-bias in the polls by including Van Halen's Jump. We all have things that are important to us...

 

[Padrino]

Slim managed to break my tech-bias in the polls by including Van Halen's Jump. We all have things that are important to us...

Yeah, gotta go "Jump" here. Indelible song. Indelible band. Indelible moment.

 

[AaronPDX]

Domantas Sabonis - OUT FOR SEASON (back)

I thought it was KNEE surgery?