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The Houston Rockets championship rings weren't shy about trying to break their own NBA record for most 3-pointers in a game, heaving up five shots from long range in the final two minutes. All five shots missed.

James Harden shrugged it off and was more impressed with how well the Rockets spread the ball around, passing for 30 assists for the fourth time this season.

Harden had 36 points and 10 assists, Houston had 26 3-pointers and the Rockets beat the Sacramento Kings 130-105 Tuesday night.

Houston Rockets championship rings for sale (50-28) moved a half-game ahead of idle Portland for third place in the Western Conference. It's the fifth time in the six years that the Rockets have had at least 50 victories.

Coming off a 50-point, triple-double against the Kings on Saturday, Harden had another big night to help the Rockets complete a four-game season sweep of Sacramento.

Harden scored 23 points in the first half, made three of his seven 3s during a two-minute span in the third quarter and had a long alley-oop pass to House for a dunk then added another 3-pointer in the fourth that made it 114-89 championship rings for sale.

In the four games against the Kings this season, Harden scored 156 points and had 29 assists and 24 rebounds.

That helped keep Houston rolling on a night when point guard Chris Paul had an off night scoring, finishing with seven points while going 1 of 7 from 3-point range. Paul, who had 12 assists, also had two steals to move past Alvin Robertson into ninth place all-time in the nba championship rings for sale. Paul has 2,113.

Eric Gordon and Danuel House Jr. each scored 19 points, Kenneth Faried added 12 points and 11 rebounds, and P.J. Tucker scored 13. The Rockets have won 17 of 20.

Buddy Hield had 20 points and seven rebounds for Sacramento. The Kings (38-40) have lost four of six.

Houston led by 16 points at halftime, led 89-68 late in the third following a 4-point play by Harden, then made six consecutive 3s in the fourth to blow the game open.

Faried's 14th double-double of the season came after he did not play in Houston's previous three games due to left knee soreness. "He attacks on the rim and that really helps," custom Houston Rockets championship rings coach Mike D'Antoni said.

Houston trails second-place Denver by 1 1/2 games in the West. With four games left, the Rockets still have time to pass the Nuggets, but Paul isn't thinking about that. "We said it all season long, for us it's about being healthy," Paul said. "When you've been in this league long enough, at the end of the day you're going to have to play whoever's there. For us, it's playing the right way and we'll see who we have to play."