The Houston Rockets will try to get back in the win column Thursday night when their road trip takes them to Sleep Train Arena for a date with the Sacramento Kings. Thursdays matchup couldve been a battle of the leagues premiere big men, but that wont come to fruition. Houston center Dwight Howard will miss 11th consecutive game with a knee strain, while Sacramento pivot man DeMarcus Cousins is expected to be out until at least January with a case of viral meningitis. Catch the game as the second half of a doubleheader on TSN2 starting at 10:30pm et/7:30pm pt. The Rockets have endured without Howard. They had won four in a row until becoming the latest victim of the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday. Houston fell at Oracle Arena, 105-93, for only its second loss in the last nine contests. They broke us down and converted, All-Star guard James Harden said. Theyre a very good team. They played very well in the fourth quarter. Harden supplied 34 points, eight rebounds, four helpers and four steals for Houston. He tied the game at 89-89 with 4:45 left after knocking down a step- back 3-pointer, but the Warriors closed the game on a 16-4 run, including 11 straight points following the Harden triple. Trevor Ariza and Donatas Motiejunas finished the game with 18 points apiece. Patrick Beverley chipped in 12 points for the Rockets, who shot a measly 25.7 percent from long range. The Kings have alternated wins and losses over the last four. Most recently, the Kings fell to the Los Angeles Lakers, 98-95, at the Staples Center on Tuesday. Darren Collison had 26 points and six assists, while Rudy Gay added 23 points for Sacramento, which has lost six of its last eight contests. Reggie Evans only scored eight points, but grabbed 14 rebounds. We defended well, but offensively we had a lack of execution down the stretch, Kings coach Michael Malone said. Kobe Bryant sunk a pair of free throws with 15.6 seconds left for a 98-95 advantage, and the Kings never got a good look from beyond the arc. They settled for a Nik Stauskas step-through 3-pointer from the top of the arc, which clanked off the front of the rim. The Kings outshot the Lakers from the floor and from behind the 3-point line. They outrebounded LA, but committed 16 turnovers to only five from the Lakers. Los Angeles scored 21 points off those miscues, compared to only four for Sacramento. The Kings stop in Los Angeles was the clubs only travel date in a span of 11 games. They played five straight at home before the trip and will play the next five at Sleep Train Arena. The Rockets beat the Kings on Nov. 26 in Houston for their third consecutive victory in this series. The Rockets are 12-4 in their last 16 versus Sacramento and 6-2 in Californias capital city. Mike Singletary Jersey . "No difference at all," chirped U.S. roommate and linemate James van Riemsdyk. 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Walter Payton Womens Jersey . -- Albert Pujols is thrilled to have a reason to forget about his first two disappointing seasons with the Los Angeles Angels.Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) - PGA TOUR - WASTE MANAGEMENT PHOENIX OPEN, TPC Scottsdale, Scottsdale, Arizona - The annual party in the desert is this week in Scottsdale as the PGA Tour heads to the TPC Scottsdale for the Waste Management Phoenix Open, where the normally big crowds will be bigger than ever this week. Minus last years champion Kevin Stadler, the tournament gets a huge boost from the return of Tiger Woods. Returning to the tour for his first official event since the PGA Championship, Woods is teeing it up at this tournament for the first time since 2001. The par-3 16th is far and away the most raucous hole in golf, and it was never louder than when Woods aced the hole in 1997. Woods raised the roof as beers and debris showered down on the tee box. The 16th has never been the same since. Bleachers and corporate sky boxes surround the hole, housing 20,000 fans, or more, at any given time. Last year, Stadler closed with a 3-under 68 and rallied past Bubba Watson for the win. The victory was Stadlers first on the PGA Tour. However, he will not defend as he is battling a hand injury. Woods wont be the only star on site this week. Phil Mickelson, who won this tournament as an amateur while he attended Arizona State, will tee it up at this event for the 26th time. Also teeing it up this week will be Watson, Jordan Spieth, Rickie Fowler, Matt Kuchar and Bill Haas, who beat Kuchar and four other players by one stroke to win the Humana Challenge on Sunday. Golf Channel will have coverage all four days. Their coverage on Saturday and Sunday will be early, before they hand off to CBS for the first time this year. The PGA Tour returns to California next week for the Farmers Insurance Open, where Scott Stallings will defend his title against a field that includes Woods, Mickelson and Dustin Johnson, who returns to the tour for the first time since last years Canadian Open. EUROPEAN TOUR OMEGA DUBAI DESERT CLASSIC, Emirates Golf Club (Majlis Course), Dubai, United Arab Emirates - While many of the top PGA Tour players will be in the Arizona desert this week, several top European Tour stalwarts will tee it up in Dubai. World No. 1 Rory McIlroy will headline the field at Emirates Golf Club this week. In his last 11 worldwide starts, McIlroy has been outside the top-8 just once. McIlroy has finished second or tied for second in each of his last four official starts. McIlroy trailed third-round leader Stephen Gallacher by two strokes entering the final round last year, but stumbled to a 2-over 74 and slid into a share of ninth place. Gallacher fired a 63 in round three to grab the lead, and he closed with an even-par 72, which was enough tto give him a 1-stroke win over Emiliano Grillo, who tied for fifth last week in Qatar.dddddddddddd The victory for Gallacher was his second straight at this event, and third on the European Tour. He was the first player to successfully defend a title in the 25-year history of the tournament. Among those in the field with McIlroy and Gallacher will be world No. 2 Henrik Stenson, Sergio Garcia, Martin Kaymer, Graeme McDowell, Lee Westwood and last weeks winner, Branden Grace. Golf Channel has early morning coverage of all four rounds this week. The European Tour heads to Asia next week for the Maybank Malaysian Open, where Westwood cruised to a 7-stroke win over three players last April. LPGA TOUR COATES GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP, Golden Ocala Golf and Equestrian Club, Ocala, Florida - The LPGA Tour kicks off its 2015 schedule in Florida this week with a new event. For a first-year event, the field is full of stars. Sixteen of the top-20 players in the world are in the field this week. That group includes Inbee Park, Lydia Ko and Stacy Lewis, the top-3 players in the world, along with reigning U.S. Womens Open Champion Michelle Wie and Lexi Thompson, who won the 2014 Kraft Nabisco Championship. Former major winners Paula Creamer, Morgan Pressel and Karrie Webb are in the field as well. Tiger Woods niece, Cheyenne, was one of the two sponsor invites to the event. Golf Channel will have coverage of all four rounds of the event, that runs from Wednesday to Saturday. The tour heads to Atlantis next week for the Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic, where Jessica Korda closed with a 66 last year to hold off Lewis. WEB.COM TOUR PANAMA CLARO CHAMPIONSHIP, Panama Golf Club, Panama City, Panama - Like the LPGA, the Web.com Tour kicks off its season this week. The Web.com Tour starts with five straight events outside the United States. First up is the Panama Claro Championship, where Carlos Ortiz cruised to a 4- stroke win last year. The win for Ortiz was his first of three on the season, and that earned him a trip to the PGA Tour. Ortiz was just 2-under par after 36 holes, but he played the final 36 holes in 10-under par en route to a 4-shot win over Jason Gore. Thanks to his promotion to the PGA Tour, Ortiz will not be on hand, but there are some familiar names in the field like Carlos Franco, Tim Herron, Frank Lickliter, Jamie Lovemark, Ryuji Imada, Rod Pampling and Vaughn Taylor. There is no television coverage this week. The Web.com Tour heads to Bogota next week for the Pacific Rubiales Colombia Championship, where Alex Cejka carded a 63 in the third round and was awarded the victory after rain washed out play for the fourth straight day. ' ' '