Oklahoma City; Tuesday, 7:30 pmEDT
BETMGM SPORTS BETTING LINE: Thunder -7.5; plus/minus is 226.5
In summary: The Oklahoma City Thunder host the Houston Rockets in the first game of the season.
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Oklahoma City went 68-14 overall and 39-13 in the Western Conference last season. The Thunder averaged 26.9 assists per game and 44.6 field goals made last season.
Houston finished 52-30 overall and 31-21 in Western Conference games during the 2024-25 season. The Rockets averaged 17.6 points off turnovers, 18.1 second-chance points and 32.7 points off the bench last season.
INJURIES: Thunder: Jalen Williams: out (wrist), Thomas Sorber: out for the season (knee).
Rockets: Fred VanVleet: out for the season (acl), Dorian Finney-Smith: out (ankle).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.