Watch Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Houston Rockets: TV channel, live stream info, start time

How to watch Thunder vs. Rockets basketball game

By Scout Staff

Dec 14, 2024 at 4:30 pm ET • 2 min read

Who's Playing

Houston Rockets @ Oklahoma City Thunder

Current Records: Houston 17-8, Oklahoma City 19-5

How To Watch

When: Saturday, December 14, 2024 at 8:30 p.m. ET
Where: T-Mobile Arena -- Las Vegas, Nevada
TV: ABC
Follow: CBS Sports App
Online Streaming: Catch select NBA matches on Fubo (Try for free. Regional restrictions may apply.)
Ticket Cost: $30.00

What to Know

The Thunder and the Rockets are an even 5-5 against one another since November of 2022, but not for long. The Oklahoma City Thunder will be playing at home against the Houston Rockets at 8:30 p.m. ET on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena. Both have allowed few points on average, (the Thunder: 103.8, the Rockets: 105.9) so any points scored will be well earned.

The Rockets are hoping to do what the Mavericks couldn't on Tuesday: put an end to the Thunder's winning streak, which now stands at four games. The Thunder took down the Mavericks 118-104.

It was another big night for Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who went 15 for 23 en route to 39 points plus eight rebounds and five assists. The match was his 14th in a row with at least 30 points.

The Thunder smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 17 offensive rebounds. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 9.1 offensive rebounds per game earlier this season, but in their last ten games they've averaged 12.8.

Meanwhile, the Rockets hadn't done well against the Warriors recently (they were 0-10 in their previous ten matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Wednesday. The Rockets skirted by the Warriors 91-90 thanks to a clutch free throw from Jalen Green with 3 seconds left in the fourth quarter. The 91-point effort marked Houston's lowest-scoring contest of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.

Among those leading the charge was Alperen Sengun, who dropped a double-double on 26 points and 11 rebounds. He had some trouble finding his footing against the Clippers on Sunday, so this was a step in the right direction.

Oklahoma City is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 19-5 record this season. As for Houston, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 17-8.

Going forward, the Thunder are the favorite in this one, as the experts expect to see them win by 5.5 points. This contest will be their 17th straight as the favorites (so far over this stretch they are 9-7 against the spread).

The Thunder couldn't quite finish off the Rockets in their previous matchup two weeks ago and fell 119-116. Will the Thunder have more luck at home instead of on the road?