In the final NBA game of the night, the Houston Rockets look to bounce back against the Sacramento Kings.
The pregame narrative: Houston is in a bit of a rough patch, but no one is as down as Sacramento right now. My +380 same-game parlay is calling for a dominant win by the Rockets, along with a fade of one of the Kings' top players.
Check out my Rockets vs. Kings SGP predictions for Jan. 11, featuring Russell Westbrook and Maxime Raynaud.
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Rockets vs. Kings predictions
Parlay: Rockets -9.5 | Raynaud over 10.5 points | Westbrook under 15.5 points (+380)
Rockets -9.5 (-200): Houston kicked off this road trip with back-to-back losses in Portland as a favourite, which isn't great. That marks three straight road games in which the Rockets have lost outright as favourites.
But this a "hold my beer" moment for the Kings, whose recent slide is unparalleled.
- Sacramento is on a seven-game losing streak (1-6 ATS) in which its average point differential is -22.9 points.
- Six of the seven losses have come by 14+ points.
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Sacramento won't have Keegan Murray, Domantas Sabonis or Dennis Schroder. And the Kings' healthy players have been ice cold on offence (dead-last in effective FG% in their past 15 games).
Houston has had some recent stumbles, but this is still a playoff-calibre team with guys like Kevin Durant, Amen Thompson and Jabari Smith Jr.
This should be a get-right game for the Rockets before they head back home.
NBA SGP legs
Raynaud over 10.5 points (-103): On Dec. 3, the Rockets dismantled the Kings, 121-95. Raynaud was one of the very few bright spots for Sacramento.
The rookie big man scored 25 points on 10-of-15 shooting off the bench. He's been in the Kings' starting lineup ever since.
From that game onward, Raynaud has averaged 13.6 PPG on 58.7% shooting. He's 12-5 vs. this prop, cashing it in both matchups vs. Houston.
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At 7-foot-1, Raynaud will be the tallest player on the court Sunday. And with Alperen Sengun (ankle) questionable to play, he could really capitalize on a mismatch in the paint.
Westbrook under 15.5 points (-167): Westbrook is in a shooting slump that completely overlaps with the Kings' recent woes. I'm going to ride that wave.
The 18-year veteran is averaging 13.9 PPG over his past seven games, shooting an unsightly 37.0% from the field in that span. He's gone under this prop in five of seven games.
Houston has the fifth-ranked defensive rating in the NBA (112.2) and plays at the third-slowest pace. Teams really don't score much against the Rockets.
At 14.5 PPG for the season, Westbrook is going under this point total more often than not. The under is 22-16 this season.
Rockets vs. Kings SGP made at 1:15 p.m. ET on Jan. 11, 2026.
