Oklahoma City Thunder vs Houston Rockets: Analysis and Prediction – Oklahoma City Thunder will host Houston Rockets in the NBA.
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Oklahoma City Thunder Team News
The Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Houston Rockets 123:110 in the previous meeting, in a duel in which Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 36 points and Chet Holmgren scored 29 points. They are currently in first place in the Western Conference with a record of 40-17.
The Oklahoma City Thunder are playing their best this season in years. Top offense, not so good, but solid defense, are the reasons why this team ranks among the best in the league. The biggest reason is the games of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who is currently among the top five players in the league and threatens to become number one in a few years. Therefore, in the present, but also in the future, this team is extremely serious. There have been minor changes in the meantime, which will not significantly affect the editions of Oklahoma City Thunder, since the episode player Aleksej Pokusevski left the team.
Oklahoma City Thunder will try to stop Alperen Shengun and his creativity in the next meeting, as well as the scoring role he has from the paint, and from the outside. If they succeed in that, they will be much closer to win than their rivals, who do not have that quality.
Houston Rockets Team News
In the previous game, the Houston Rockets lost to the Oklahoma City Thunder 123:110, in a duel in which Jabari Smith Jr. and Fred VanVleet scored 20 points each. They are currently in 12th place in the Western Conference with a record of 25-32.
The Houston Rockets have been in a very bad shape lately, so they ruined an excellent score, after the first part of the season in which they played perhaps even above expectations. This team relies heavily on center Alperen Sengun, who is having the best season of his career and is well on his way to becoming one of the top three players at his position in the league, just behind Nikola Jokic and Joel Embiid. It will take years, but it is positive for this team that they have such potential in the lineup.
The impression is that the Houston Rockets lack offensive productivity and that in the next game that segment would have to be at the level, in order to compete with the favorite, which does not plan to stop after the good form in which it is currently.
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Oklahoma City Thunder vs Houston Rockets H2H
Absences and Injuries
The home team is complete, while the guests will be missing Steven Adams and Tari Eason.
Oklahoma City Thunder vs Houston Rockets Prediction
Tip-off Time: Wednesday, 28.02.2024, 04:00 CET
Prediction: Oklahoma City Thunder -9.5
Odds: 1.85
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