The Houston Rockets continue their four-game homestand with another visit from Sacramento on Friday night. If you’re looking to do some last-minute betting research, you’re in luck! We have the latest point spread, money line odds and over/under number, as well as all the information you need to make the best bets at Tipico Sportsbook.
The second Rockets-Kings game tips at 7 p.m. CDT and can be viewed or streamed via AT&T SportsNet Southwest and NBA League Pass.
The second-to-last game of this homestand features a rematch of Wednesday’s thriller, when the Kings edged the Rockets in a showdown between rookie guards Davion Mitchell and Jalen Green.
Now that the 2022 NBA playoffs are off the table for both teams, it should again be a fascinating and unpredictable matchup. With an eye on developing prospects — and likely on draft positioning, as well — each franchise is resting established veterans such as De’Aaron Fox, Domantas Sabonis, Christian Wood, Eric Gordon and Dennis Schroder. All indications are those patterns will continue into Friday and beyond.
Given those absences, the Rockets will likely go as far as Green can take them in the coming days. In his last four outings, the No. 2 pick from the 2021 NBA draft has averaged 27.5 points and 3.8 rebounds in 34.3 minutes per game on 47.6% shooting and 46.0% on 3-pointers.
Green drilled a combined 23 3-pointers in those games, and it lifted the young Rockets to a productive 2-2 stretch as a team — with both losses not decided until the final buzzer at Toyota Center. In that stretch, Green has made history by becoming the first NBA rookie to make at least five 3-pointers in four straight games, and his 50 made treys in March were the most by any rookie in a single month in NBA history.
Rookies to average at least 20 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST, 48% FG, 59% TS in a month (minimum 15 GP):
• Jalen Green – March 2022
• Michael Jordan – January 1985That’s it, that’s the list pic.twitter.com/4bl7snHSLQ
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