Houston’s regular-season opener at Oklahoma City tips at 6:30 p.m. Central on NBC, while the Christmas matchup vs. the Lakers ...

How Rockets All-Star Kevin Durant took a shot at the champion Thunder ahead of Opening Night at the Paycom Center.

For Houston, 17 of its first 26 games are on the road. Meanwhile, 14 of the final 22 will come inside the friendly home confines of Toyota Center.

Houston taking on Oklahoma City means more than people think. There's more than one narrative following this matchup.

The Rockets are 0-7 in their last seven regular-season openers, but their previous victory actually came on an opponent’s ...

Of the games that NBA fans are already aware of, opening night between Houston and Oklahoma City should be the one circled the most.

A matchup featuring the last two MVPs in Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Nikola Jokic also pits the 2025 champion Thunder against ...

The opening night of the 2025-26 NBA season will feature the defending champion Thunder hosting the Rockets and the Warriors ...

The Thunder are tied for the fewest back-to-backs this upcoming season at 13. The Atlanta Hawks, Boston Celtics, Chicago ...

The winner of this Rockets-Thunder game will face the Milwaukee Bucks after their 110-102 win over the Atlanta Hawks. For more on the Bucks-Hawks game, check out this link.

And given the way the Rockets and Thunder have defended all season long, such a game was predictable. In the end, it was Oklahoma City 111, Houston 96 in a game where the teams combined to shoot 41%.