Dwight Howard is out, but the Rockets will play on

The Rockets are winless so far this year when Dwight Howard has been on the bench. They'll try to snap that streak tonight, at 9:30 p.m. CT, against the Sacramento Kings on ESPN.

You can see Kevin McHale's logic here. Dwight was worked hard on Wednesday, going for 23 and 14 against the Magic. The Rockets play a back-to-back, and tomorrow's game against DeAndre Jordan and the Clippers seems like a much more important matchup. Also, DeMarcus Cousins isn't playing for the Kings. So Clint Capela might actually be the best center on the floor.

With a win tonight, the Rockets are 3-3 and it's basically a 76-game season, back to square one. Except Patrick Beverley has a concussion, Terrence Jones has a cut on his eyelid that won't go away, Corey Brewer is nursing a quad injury and no one knows when Donatas Motiejunas is coming back. So, you know, the typical start to a Rockets season these days.