The Oklahoma City Thunder travel on the road to face the Houston Rockets on Saturday. This will be the first matchup between the two squads of the 2026-27 regular season.
The Thunder (4-1) navigate their new apocalyptic NBA life. They're without three of their four best players for the foreseeable future. Last time, they had a 120-96 loss to the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 21 points on 19 shot attempts.
Meanwhile, the Rockets (5-1) also fell to the Mavericks in a 116-111 loss on Friday. Kevin Durant had 28 points and five rebounds on the first night of their road-and-home back-to-back.
For live updates of the Thunder's game against the Rockets, please regularly check back to this post:
What channel is Thunder vs. Rockets game on today? Time, TV schedule
TV Channel: NBA TV, Thunder+,
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Start time: 7:30 p.m. CT
Where to watch Thunder vs. Rockets on livestream
Watch Thunder vs. Rockets live on Thunder+
Thunder vs. Rockets injury updates
Thunder: Jalen Williams (ankle surgery) is out. Cason Wallace (shoulder labral tear) is out. Chet Holmgren (patellar tendinitis) is out. Alex Caruso (ankle sprain) is out. Nikola Topic (back surgery) is out. Thomas Sorber (knee surgery) is out.
Rockets: Fred VanVleet (knee injury management) is out. Steven Adams (soleus strain) is out. Reed Sheppard (back soreness) is out. Julian Phillips (G League two-way) is out. Quadir Copeland (G League two-way) is out.
Thunder 2026-27 schedule
- Monday, Nov. 2: at Cavaliers
- Wednesday, Nov. 4: vs. Cavaliers
- Friday, Nov. 6: at Grizzlies
This article originally appeared on OKC Thunder Wire: Thunder vs. Rockets: Live updates, highlights for Saturday's game
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