Final
Rockets return home to host Kings
Apr 1, 2015 - 2:03 PMVideo
The Rockets are a half-game behind the Memphis Grizzlies for both the Southwest lead and No. 2 spot in the Western Conference.
Houston had won four in a row and seven of eight games until it dropped a 99-96 decision against the Toronto Raptors Monday night at Air Canada Centre. The Raptors were led by DeMar DeRozan's 42 points and James Harden countered with 31 on 9-of-22 shooting for the guests.
"He had it going," Harden said of DeRozan.
Trevor Ariza and Corey Brewer scored 15 and 13 points, respectively, for the Rockets, who made 41.7 percent for the game and have failed to reach the century mark in scoring over the last two games.
The Rockets are back home and have a 27-10 mark at the Toyota Center. They will start a three-game road trip Thursday against Dallas, Oklahoma City and San Antonio.
Rockets center Dwight Howard (sore knee) did not play against the Raptors and is listed as probable Wednesday night. Howard recently returned to action after a long stint on the sidelines. Forward Terrence Jones (collapsed lung) is questionable and hasn't played since March 19.
Sacramento will close out a four-game road trip Wednesday and is 1-2 on the junket. It suffered a second straight loss after winning four in a row with Monday's 97-83 setback to the Memphis Grizzlies.
Rudy Gay scored 24 points, Ray McCallum had 12 and Derrick Williams ended with 10 off the bench.
"Every time it looked like we had an opportunity, we'd bite ourselves in the butt," Kings coach George Karl said.
Kings big man DeMarcus Cousins did not play to rest. He could return Wednesday night for Sacramento, which is 10-26 on the road and will start a three-game homestand later this week versus New Orleans, Utah and Minnesota.
Cousins has recorded double-doubles in nine of his last 11 games and has 44 this season.
Meanwhile, Gay could sit out after sustaining a concussion in the third quarter when he took an inadvertent elbow to the face.
The Kings have not scored more than 88 points in the last two games after six straight games of scoring 100 or more.
Sacramento is 0-2 against Houston this season and winless in the previous four games in this series. The Rockets are 13-4 in the last 17 meetings between the two teams.
- SACRAMENTO: 111
HOUSTON: 115
Final
Apr 1 10:24 PM - SACRAMENTO: 111
HOUSTON: 115
End of Regulation
Apr 1 10:24 PM - 226
rootsRUWTbot Added 45 roots (Close Finish, Individual Performance)
Kings 107, Rockets 112 4th - 2:21Apr 1 10:10 PM - 181
rootsRUWTbot Added 61 roots (Close Finish, Individual Performance)
Kings 104, Rockets 112 4th - 3:50Apr 1 10:05 PM - 120
rootsRUWTbot Took away 73 roots (Close Finish, Individual Performance)
Kings 102, Rockets 111 4th - 4:04Apr 1 10:04 PM - 193
rootsRUWTbot Took away 9 roots (Close Finish, Individual Performance)
Kings 102, Rockets 109 4th - 4:32Apr 1 10:03 PM - 202
rootsRUWTbot Took away 15 roots (Close Finish, Individual Performance)
Kings 102, Rockets 107 4th - 5:25Apr 1 10:02 PM - 184
rootsRUWTbot Added 27 roots (Close Finish, Individual Performance)
Kings 100, Rockets 104 4th - 6:35Apr 1 9:58 PM - 157
rootsRUWTbot Took away 19 roots (Close Finish, Individual Performance)
Kings 98, Rockets 104 4th - 7:10Apr 1 9:58 PM - 176
rootsRUWTbot Added 16 roots (Close Finish, Individual Performance)
Kings 98, Rockets 102 4th - 7:26Apr 1 9:56 PM - 160
rootsRUWTbot Added 7 roots (Close Finish, Individual Performance)
Kings 96, Rockets 102 4th - 7:54Apr 1 9:56 PM - 153
rootsRUWTbot Added 73 roots (Close Finish, Individual Performance)
Kings 95, Rockets 102 4th - 8:03Apr 1 9:55 PM - 80
rootsRUWTbot Took away 76 roots (Close Finish, Individual Performance)
Kings 93, Rockets 102 4th - 8:16Apr 1 9:55 PM - 156
rootsRUWTbot Added 72 roots (Close Finish, Individual Performance)
Kings 93, Rockets 100 4th - 8:30Apr 1 9:55 PM - 84
rootsRUWTbot Added 5 roots (Close Finish, Individual Performance)
Kings 90, Rockets 100 4th - 9:56Apr 1 9:51 PM - 79
rootsRUWTbot Added 20 roots (Close Finish, Individual Performance)
Kings 90, Rockets 100 4th - 10:34Apr 1 9:50 PM - SACRAMENTO: 86
HOUSTON: 97
End of 3rd
Apr 1 9:45 PM - 59
roots - 48
roots - 32
roots - SACRAMENTO: 55
HOUSTON: 58
Halftime
Apr 1 9:16 PM - SACRAMENTO: 25
HOUSTON: 35
End of 1st
Apr 1 8:40 PM - SACRAMENTO: 0
HOUSTON: 0
1st Quarter - 12:00
Apr 1 8:11 PM
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