On a road back-to-back, Jalen Green and the Rockets visit Sacramento (-3.5) on Thursday night. It’s the second TNT game of the season for Houston.

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The last time the Houston Rockets and Sacramento Kings met, Houston led by 54-43 in the second quarter. Sacramento then made their next 15 straight shots. Over the ensuing 7:51 of game time, the Kings scored 33 points (a 200-point pace for Sacramento) and the game was essentially over.

The current Sacramento Kings winning streak could hit eight with victory against the Bucks - a feat not achieved since 2003.

The Bucks were resting three-time All-Star forward Khris Middleton who dealt with an ankle injury that cost him the first 21 games of the season. Milwaukee was on the first night of a back-to-back and the plan was to have Middleton back for Wednesday’s game against the Orlando Magic.

Then they ran into Giannis Antetokounmpo. Antetokounmpo scored 30 points with 13 assists and 11 rebounds for his 50th career triple-double. That was Antetokounmpo's fifth triple-double this season (six if you count the NBA Cup championship game,