On the second night of a back-to-back, Houston Rockets will host Oklahoma City Thunder. The Rockets are the worst team in the NBA with just 4 wins and 14 losses while the Thunder has been better and with 8 wins and 11 losses, they are the 12th-best team in the Western Conference. I'm taking the Thunder's handicap in this game.

Both teams played the last night. Houston showed real character as they came back from 16 point deficit and secured the win in the last minutes against Atlanta Hawks. It was a real team effort as 4 players scored at least 20 points. Jabari Smith, Kenyon Martin Jr. and Garrison Mathews had 21 or 20 points but it must be said that none of them average more than 11.6 points per game and Mathews scores only 4.9 points per game so this was an outlier performance.

The Thunder also had a tough game yesterday. The game against Chicago went overtime, and the Thunder was able to win and stop the 3 game losing streak. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was phenomenal again and there wasn't any performance that couldn't be replicated tonight. There are some improvements for the Thunder as Oklahoma City shot three-pointers by only 24.1% although their season average is 34.4%.

Overall this season, the Thunder have performed better. Oklahoma City has the 15th-best offense (111.4) and 21st-best defense (112.8) with the 23rd-best net rating (-1.4). Houston has shown only the 26th-best offense (108.5) and the 28th-best defense (115.1) with the 28th-best net rating (-6.6). Houston allows opponents to shoot 47.9% from the field and the Thunder have the 14th-best field goal percentage (46.8).

Alperen Sengun didn't play last night and he's questionable tonight. Eric Gordon did play but he probably won't suit up tonight. Without him, Houston will lose 1 good offensive player and the Thunder should take advantage of that. The Rockets don't have a big man who can cause problems for Thunder and that's a good thing for Oklahoma City.

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背靠背比赛的第二天晚上，休斯顿火箭队将主场迎战俄克拉荷马雷霆队。火箭是NBA最差的球队，只有4胜14负，而雷霆则要好一些，8胜11负，在西部排名第12。我要利用雷霆在这场比赛中的不利条件。

两队在最后一晚进行了比赛。休斯顿在落后16分的情况下，展现了他们真正的性格，并在对阵亚特兰大老鹰的最后时刻锁定了胜利。这是一个真正的团队努力，4名球员至少得到20分。贾巴里·史密斯、小肯扬·马丁和加里森·马修斯得到了21分或20分，但必须指出的是，他们场均得分都没有超过11.6分，马修斯场均得分只有4.9分，所以这是一个异常的表现。

雷霆昨天的比赛也很艰难。与芝加哥的比赛进入了加时赛，雷霆最终取得了胜利，结束了三连败的局面。Shai Gilgeous-Alexander再次表现非凡，今晚没有任何表现不能被复制。雷霆有了一些进步，雷霆的三分球命中率只有24.1%，尽管他们的赛季平均命中率是34.4%。

总的来说，本赛季雷霆表现得更好。雷霆的进攻(111.4)排在第15位，防守(112.8)排在第21位，净得分(-1.4)排在第23位。火箭的进攻(108.5)和防守(115.1)分别排在第26位和第28位，净得分(-6.6)排在第28位。火箭的投篮命中率为47.9%，雷霆的投篮命中率为46.8%，排在第14位。

阿尔佩伦·森贡昨晚没有上场，今晚他也有问题。埃里克·戈登上场了，但他今晚可能不会上场。没有他，火箭将失去一名优秀的进攻球员，雷霆应该好好利用这一点。火箭没有一个能给雷霆制造麻烦的大个子，这对雷霆来说是件好事。