The Houston Rockets will welcome back a key member to their team on Thursday night, just in time for the 10:30 p.m. matchup against the Portland Trail Blazers.

Jeremy Lin, who has practiced this week, is expected to return to action after he went down with a knee sprain on Nov. 27 against Atlanta.

"I feel good. I went through practice today," Lin said back on Tuesday, according to CSN Houston. "Feeling good right now, no limitations.

"I'll be back (Thursday). I played today and everything's fine. I'm full go, maybe in terms of a little conditioning."

CNS said he proceeded to joke that maybe he shouldn't jump too high on his right foot and added that he never really jumped off that foot much anyway.

The Rockets are off to a sold 15-7 start to the regular season despite some off the court issues with Omer Asik, who has asked for a trade. It was reported at CBS this week that Asik has changed agents in an attempt to speed up trade talks as he looks to find a new team. The 15-7 Rockets will try to take down the talented 18-4 Blazers but it will be a difficult task.

The team saw the roster shake up a bit this year ever since the arrival of Dwight Howard, who came to the team after spending only one year in Los Angeles. Howard recently made news when it was widely reported that he was eating too much sugar and had gluclose readings that were extremely high and that he was eating the equivalent of 24 Hershey chocolate bars per day, except he was eating other candy and soda.

Tonight's game is going to be televised on TNT and fans can go to the website to watch TNT by logging in via your provider. Fans can also watch live games for free on TNT Overtime.