3 THINGS TO LOOK FOR

3. Houston loves to shoot the three. In fact, 42.2% of their total shot attempts are three pointers, which you might note is an insane number for the NBA. They're first in both 3PM and 3PA for the year. By comparison, the Kings only shoot 17.8% of their total shot attempts as threes, and are 30th in makes and 29th in attempts. Now, Houston is only 16th in percentage, so the Kings will have to do their best to make sure Houston's shots are at least contested.

MATCHUP OF THE GAME

PREGAME LIMERICK

Another game on national TV,
but this time with no Boogie.
Gotta play hard,
avoid their bombard,
and win at home on TNT.

PREDICTION

Kings 99, Houston 98 after Darren Collison hits the game winner over James Harden and then pulls his beard, revealing it to be fake and Harden to actually be the alias of a pretty athletic Texas telemarketer named George Softout.