Oklahoma City Thunder vs Houston Rockets Prediction & Betting Tips - NBA

Prediction published on 21/08/2020, 08:04  by Steve Ashfield | Modified on 21/08/2020 at 09:04 in Basketball Predictions

Houston Rockets are going great guns in the NBA play-offs. They lead their best-of-seven series against Oklahoma City Thunder 2-0 and will be confident of another victory on Saturday. This is a first round match in the Western Conference and the winners take on either LA Lakers or Portland Trail Blazers (currently 1-1). The Rockets won the southwest division in the main season and that clinched the fourth seeded position, ahead of Oklahoma who like Houston had a 44-28 season record. 

The first match of this series saw the Rockets win by 15 points. It was a consistent performance with them winning each of the first three quarters and taking a 21 point lead. Oklahoma got a few points back in the final quarter but Houston comfortably went 1-0 up. The second match was played on Thursday and again the Rockets got off to a good start taking the first quarter by five points. However, Oklahoma fought back to win the next quarter by 11 points and go into half time leading by six. The Rockets were only a point behind after the third quarter but then put in a great performance in the fourth winning it by 14 points and completing the comeback. Houston will be wanting another good scoring session from James Harden, who has been their top scorer in each of their last four games. Houston can be backed to get the win here and go 3-0 up.