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Oklahoma City Thunder at Houston Rockets: preview and win probability

Oklahoma City Thunder visit Houston Rockets. Thunder are 1-0 and have gone L-W-L-L-W in their last 5, while Rockets are 1-0 and have gone L-W-W-L-W in their last 5.

Tip Off Live ratings give the edge to Thunder: about 55% to win, with a projected score of Oklahoma City Thunder 115, Houston Rockets 113. That is close to a toss-up. These are model estimates built from past results, not guarantees.

The teams have met 8 times in our recent records. Thunder lead 5-3, and the average margin has been 5.1 points in favor of Thunder.

On the injury report, Thomas Sorber (OKC), Nikola Topic (OKC), and Otega Oweh (OKC) are listed as out.

Keys to the game

  • Home court is worth roughly three points in our model, which helps Rockets.
  • Watch the rotation: 3 players are listed as out across the two teams.

Recent meetings

  • Feb 7: HOU 112, OKC 106
  • Jan 15: OKC 111, HOU 91
  • Oct 21: HOU 124, OKC 125
  • Apr 4: OKC 111, HOU 125
  • Mar 3: HOU 128, OKC 137

Injury report

Oklahoma City Thunder
  • Thomas Sorber Out · back Oct 26
  • Nikola Topic Out · back Oct 26
  • Otega Oweh Out · back Jul 1
Houston Rockets
  • Steven Adams Day to day · back Oct 23

Win probability

55%
45%
ThunderRockets

Projected score: Thunder 115, Rockets 113

Model estimate for information and entertainment.

Matchup at a glance

OKCHOU
Record1-01-0
Last 5LWLLWLWWLW
Points per game116128
Allowed per game104110
Days of rest109
Rating17051572

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