Oklahoma City Thunder vs Houston Rockets Prediction: the Thunder will achieve another confident victory

Prediction for the NBA match which will take place on March 4. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

Oklahoma City Thunder

The Thunder will play the upcoming match in a back-to-back format. Yesterday, the team outplayed San Antonio on the road - 146:132. Before that, Oklahoma also on the road, outplayed Brooklyn (129:121) and Atlanta (135:119), so now the Thunder have three wins in a row.

In the Western Conference, Oklahoma leads the standings and there is little doubt that they will eventually win the regular season. The Thunder have a 49-11 overall win balance, and the handicap from second place, where the Los Angeles Lakers have now climbed, is as much as 10.0 wins.

Also note that Okla. is at the top in both offense and defense. The Thunder are scoring 118.9 points per game on average, ranking fourth in that metric; and allowing 106.2 points per game, currently second in the league.

Houston Rockets

The Rockets hosted Sacramento on their court last game and failed to get a win. The Texas team did well on defense, but was ineffective on offense - 103:113. At the same time, one of Houston's leaders, Turkish center Alperen Şengün had a double-double - 30 points and 10 rebounds.

Houston has fallen out of the top-4 in the Western Conference standings and currently sits in fifth place with a 37-23 win-loss record. The Rockets are among the best in terms of defense - 108.8 passing points per game, and fifth place. On offense, the team is only 18th with 112.6 points scored per game.

H2H Meetings

The score in the season series is 2-1 in favor of Oklahoma.

Betting Stats

• This season in the confrontation of rivals recorded only home victories.
• In 6 of the last 9 matches Houston did not score more than 228 points.
• In 6 out of 9 previous games at home Oklahoma broke the individual total of 118 points.
• Houston has scored more than 108 points in 4 of the last 6 away games.

Expert Betting Tips

Houston has six consecutive away defeats. In the second half of the regular season, the Texas team lost momentum and has already fallen out of the top-4 of the Western Conference. We believe that the Thunder, who, on the contrary, are not slowing down, will have no serious problems in the upcoming game. Oklahoma is confidently going for an early victory in the Western Conference, and after the match with Houston will surely get one step closer to this goal. Here we bet on a convincing win for the Thunder and a lower total, given that both teams are at the top of the season in terms of defense.

Total Under 228.5 for 1.91

Total Under 228.5 for 1.91

Handicap 1 (-10.5) for 2.07