After watching Houston Rockets teammate Jalen Green drop 34 points on the Denver Nuggets in the Rockets’ blowout win, Cam Whitmore had just one reaction. “He’s an All-Star,” Whitmore said. “There’s nothing else to be said.

Green is starting Thursday's game against the Kings, Danielle Lerner of the Houston Chronicle reports. Green will draw his second start of the month as the Rockets elect to roll with a bigger first unit in Fred VanVleet's (personal) absence.

Both of these teams are playing their best basketball of the season. The Kings are 7-1 in their last eight under new coach Doug Christie. The Rockets are rolling having won five i

Eason (lower leg) tallied 16 points (6-10 FG, 1-4 3Pt, 3-5 FT), four rebounds and one steal across 24 minutes Thursday in the Rockets' 132-127 loss to the Kings. Eason had missed the Rockets' previous 13 games due to left lower leg injury management,