Sacramento overpowered Houston today, showing who is the better team. Most around the league expected this kind of result, but Houston head coach Bob was defiant until game time. "Underdogs, my ----. We've got enough talent and enough heart to play with anybody in the league." Afterwards, his tune had changed significantly. "We've got some work ahead of us before we can play at their level."

The only bright point for Houston was the great play by Laboy, and Bob was quick to praise his star. "If the whole team had played with his energy, we'd have been able to play with Sacramento. The bright side is that we know what he can do against them, and we'll try to build on that for our next meeting."

Sacramento was led by Davis (19 points, 16 boards, 3 assists, a block), Stanford (12 points, 14 boards, 0 assists, 2 blocks), Sherrill (19 points, 1 assists, 2 steals, a block). Houston was led by Laboy (24 points, 3 steals), Lewis (22 points), Sims (11 points, 2 steals, 2 blocks).

Sacramento keep rolling with a winning streak of 5 games and are now 34-14. They stay at #2 in the Pacific and hold at #4 overall in the Western Conference. Houston fall to 28-21 and 15-11 at home with this defeat. They remain at #2 in the Southwest and stay at #6 overall in the Western Conference.

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