The Oklahoma City Thunder survived a 30-0 run on the road against the Dallas Mavericks on Saturday to come away with a 126-120 victory. After a 3-day break, they are back on the road on Wednesday night as they take on the Houston Rockets.
The Thunder and the Rockets are in similar situations in that they have young teams that are working to get back to Western Conference notoriety. OKC is slightly ahead of Houston in their rebuild, and while the Rockets have impressed at times so far this season, the Thunder has taken the league by storm in a lot of ways.
The Rockets are currently riding an 8-game home win streak, and the Thunder wants to ruin that as they enter having won 5 of their last 6 road games with the 1 loss being a 3-point decision in Minnesota to the Timberwolves. OKC is a slight favorite, and they actually match up quite well with the Rockets, so this should be a fun one that likely comes down to the wire.
Game Details
Tip-Off: 7 PM CT
Location: Toyota Center (Houston, Texas)
Television: Bally Sports Oklahoma
Radio: WWLS 98.1FM OKC The Sports Animal
Twitter: Follow @ZacharyLowNBA for live tweets and discussion during the game
Game Notes: Oklahoma City Thunder Official Game Notes, Houston Rockets Official Game Notes
Projected Starters
Thunder
- PG: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
- SG: Josh Giddey
- SF: Luguentz Dort
- PF: Jalen Williams
- C: Chet Holmgren
Mavericks
- PG: Luka Doncic
- SG: Kyrie Irving
- SF: Josh Green
- PF: Grant Williams
- C: Dereck Lively II
Injury Report
Thunder
- Ousmane Dieng is OUT (G League — on assignment).
- Keyontae Johnson is OUT (G League — two-way).
- Lindy Waters III is OUT (G League — two-way).
Rockets
- Nate Hinton is OUT (G League — two-way).
- Jock Londale is QUESTIONABLE (illness).
- Victor Oladipo is OUT (left patellar tendon repair).
- Jermaine Samuels Jr. is OUT (G League — two-way).
- Amen Thompson is OUT (G League — on assignment).
- Cam Whitmore is OUT (G League — on assignment).
Head-to-Head
- Since arriving in Oklahoma City in 2008, the Thunder is 26-28 against the Rockets in the regular season (18-10 at home, 8-18 on the road) and 7-9 against the Rockets in the playoffs (5-2 at home, 2-7 on the road).
- The Thunder has won the season series with the Rockets 7 times, lost it 5 times, and tied 3 times.
- The Thunder went 2-2 against the Rockets last season (2-0 at home, 0-2 on the road).
- The Thunder has lost 4 straight to the Rockets in Houston.