{"id":482219,"date":"2026-10-31T08:32:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T08:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/482219\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T08:32:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T08:32:10","slug":"houston-and-oklahoma-city-meet-for-conference-showdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/482219\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston and Oklahoma City meet for conference showdown"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a> (4-1, third in the Western Conference) vs. Houston Rockets<\/a> (5-1, second in the Western Conference)<\/p>\n

Houston; Saturday, 8:30 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n

LINE: Rockets -4.5; over\/under is 218.5<\/p>\n

BOTTOM LINE: Western Conference foes Houston and Oklahoma City meet.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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INJURIES: Rockets: Reed Sheppard<\/a>: day to day (back), Alperen Sengun<\/a>: day to day (back), Steven Adams<\/a>: out (calf).<\/p>\n

Thunder: Cason Wallace<\/a>: out (shoulder), Nikola Topic<\/a>: day to day (back), Thomas Sorber<\/a>: day to day (knee), Chet Holmgren<\/a>: out (knee), Jalen Williams<\/a>: out (ankle), Alex Caruso<\/a>: day to day (ankle).<\/p>\n

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive<\/a> and data from Sportradar<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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