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).

___

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.