The Oklahoma City Thunder travel on the road to face the Houston Rockets on Saturday. This will be the first matchup between the two squads of the 2026-27 regular season.

The Thunder (4-1) navigate their new apocalyptic NBA life. They're without three of their four best players for the foreseeable future. Last time, they had a 120-96 loss to the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 21 points on 19 shot attempts.

Meanwhile, the Rockets (5-1) also fell to the Mavericks in a 116-111 loss on Friday. Kevin Durant had 28 points and five rebounds on the first night of their road-and-home back-to-back.

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Thunder 2026-27 schedule

• Monday, Nov. 2: at Cavaliers

• Wednesday, Nov. 4: vs. Cavaliers