Oct 31, 2026, 8:30 PM ET.
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The Houston Rockets, who are 5-1 and 2nd in the Southwest, 0.5 games back, host the Oklahoma City Thunder, who are 4-1 and 1st in the Northwest, in the Rockets' seventh game of the 2026-27 season. Houston is 2-0 at home and has won five of its last six, while Oklahoma City is 3-0 at home and has won four of its last five, though the Thunder are without Alex Caruso (ankle), Cason Wallace (shoulder, surgery), Chet Holmgren (knee), Jalen Williams (leg fracture), Nikola Topic (back), and Thomas Sorber (knee). Steven Adams is out for Houston with a calf strain, Alperen Sengun (back soreness) and Reed Sheppard (back) are day-to-day and listed as game-time decisions, and the teams have not met yet in 2026-27, though the Rockets lost the 2025-26 season series 1-2 and won the last meeting 112-106 in Oklahoma City on February 7, 2026.
Oklahoma City Thunder schedule · Houston Rockets schedule
Updated Oct 31, 2026, 6:23 AM ET