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10/31 02:02 CDT Houston and Oklahoma City meet for conference showdown
Houston and Oklahoma City meet for conference showdown
By The Associated Press
Oklahoma City Thunder (4-1, third in the Western Conference) vs. Houston
Rockets (5-1, second in the Western Conference)
Houston; Saturday, 8:30 p.m. EDT
LINE: Rockets -4.5; over/under is 218.5
BOTTOM LINE: Western Conference foes Houston and Oklahoma City meet.
Houston went 52-30 overall and 29-23 in Western Conference games last season.
The Rockets averaged 115.2 points per game last season, 53.0 in the paint, 17.1
off of turnovers and 14.0 on fast breaks.
Oklahoma City finished 64-18 overall and 41-11 in Western Conference play
during the 2025-26 season. The Thunder averaged 119.0 points per game while
allowing opponents to score 107.9 last season.
INJURIES: Rockets: Reed Sheppard: day to day (back), Alperen Sengun: day to day
(back), Steven Adams: out (calf).
Thunder: Cason Wallace: out (shoulder), Nikola Topic: day to day (back), Thomas
Sorber: day to day (knee), Chet Holmgren: out (knee), Jalen Williams: out
(ankle), Alex Caruso: day to day (ankle).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data
Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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