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Tonight's Game: Kings (31-38) at Houston (47-23)
Last Updated 6:05 am PDT Monday, March 24, 2008
Story appeared in SPORTS section, Page C4
Tipoff: 5:30 p.m.
Where: Toyota Center, Houston
TV/Radio: CSN; KHTK (1140 AM)
Head to head: In this day in which Kings victories are fewer and further between, Steve Novak played the relative role of Robert Horry on Feb. 13 at the Toyota Center. After an off-balance Ron Artest jumper with 24 seconds left put the Kings ahead by one, the little-used Rockets reserve sank a threepointer with two seconds left to give Houston an 89-87 triumph. It was the eighth in what became a string of 22 victories for the Rockets and former Kings coach Rick Adelman. The Kings downed the Rockets 107-99 at Arco Arena on Dec. 1.
Rockets update: Their monumental winning streak put them atop the Western Conference, but three losses in four games since have dropped them to fifth. They fell to Boston, New Orleans and Phoenix, and downed Golden State.
Rockets injuries: PG Steve Francis (surgery to repair torn quadriceps tendon in right knee, out); F Carl Landry (sore right knee, out); C Yao Ming (surgery to repair stress fracture in in left foot, out).
Kings injuries: PG Beno Udrih (lower back strain, questionable), SF Ron Artest (sore right elbow, questionable); C Brad Miller (right elbow bursitis, questionable); PF Kenny Thomas (sore right foot, out); PF Shareef Abdur- Rahim (right knee surgery, out).
Probable starting lineups
Kings
5 Anthony Johnson PG
23 Kevin Martin SG
15 John Salmons SF
33 Mikki Moore PF
31 Spencer Hawes C
Rockets
12 Rafer Alston PG
1 Tracy McGrady SG
31 Shane Battier SF
4 Luis Scola PF
55 Dikembe Mutombo C
- Sam Amick
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