Sacramento @ Oklahoma City preview

Last Meeting ( Dec 19, 2018 ) Oklahoma City 132, Sacramento 113

Russell Westbrook's record triple-double streak is over, but he continues to mix well with star teammate Paul George for the Oklahoma City Thunder, who host the Sacramento Kings on Saturday. Westbrook fell two assists shy of stretching his streak to 12 games while George knocked down the winning floater with 0.8 seconds left in the second overtime as the Thunder edged visiting Utah 148-147 on Friday.

George scored 45 points and Westbrook added 43 to mark just the sixth time that two teammates scored 40 in the same game over the last 25 seasons. "We had time to be around each other, and learn each other and learn each other's families," George said in a postgame television interview of his strong bond with Westbrook in their second season as teammates. "I think it just developed, and it developed at a good pace." The Kings are just 2-17 all-time in Oklahoma City, but one of the wins occurred on Oct. 21 as they recorded a 131-120 victory. Sacramento is 0-2 on its four-game trip that began with two-point losses to Denver and Golden State.

TV: 8 p.m. ET, NBCS California (Sacramento), FS Oklahoma

ABOUT THE KINGS (30-28): Buddy Hield is averaging 26.7 points in three contests against Oklahoma City this season, including a career-best 37 in a 132-113 setback on Dec. 19. Hield has reached double digits in scoring in 23 straight games, recording 20 or more points in 12 of those contests. Rookie forward Marvin Bagley III is becoming more of a factor as he registered 28 points and 14 rebounds in Thursday's 125-123 loss at Golden State and is averaging 21.3 points over his last four games.

ABOUT THE THUNDER (38-20): Westbrook, who grabbed 15 rebounds, was in scoring mode with 29 shots (making 15), but he fouled out with 1:09 left in the first overtime to end his streak at 11 - two better than the former record set by Hall-of-Famer Wilt Chamberlain in 1968. Westbrook posted his third 40-point outing of the season while George scored at least 45 for the third time in four contests and has seven 40-point efforts this season. "There were just a lot of different things in this game," coach Billy Donovan said during his press conference, "and, of course, Paul was a big part of that with the plays he made and the shots he made during the course of the game."

BUZZER BEATERS

1. The Kings are 2-1 against the Thunder this season and 10-30 in the all-time series since the former Seattle SuperSonics relocated to Oklahoma City.

2. Thunder backup PG Dennis Schroder was just 3-of-16 shooting while scoring nine points against the Jazz.

3. Sacramento PG De'Aaron Fox is averaging 16.7 points and nine assists over his last three games.

PREDICTION: Thunder 117, Kings 109