Houston Rockets vs OKC Thunder 8/24/20 - NBA Picks & Predictions

The Houston Rockets look to bounce back from a loss when playing Game 4 out their best of seven NBA Western Conference quarterfinal series on Monday against the Oklahoma City Thunder. Houston’s lead in the series was cut to 2-1 following a 119-107 overtime loss on Saturday in Game 3. James Harden was the leading scorer for Houston in the loss with 38 points but fouled out early in overtime and Houston scored just three points in the extra period.

James Harden is leading Houston in scoring, rebounding and assists with averages of 32.0 points, 7.7 rebounds and 6.7 assists per game. Jeff Green is the second-leading scorer with an average of 19.7 points per game and is one of five players for the Rockets averaging double figures in scoring.

Oklahoma City looks to even the series on Monday following a big overtime victory on Saturday. The Thunder were led in the overtime victory by Dennis Schroder with 29 points and Chris Paul with 26 points. Oklahoma City outscored the Rockets 15-3 in overtime to win their first game of the best-of-seven series after losing the first two.

Danilo Gallinari is leading Oklahoma City in scoring with an average of 22.0 points per game. The leading rebounder for Oklahoma City is Steven Adams with an average of 12.0 per game and Chris Paul is the leader in assists with an average of 5.3 per game. Oklahoma City has five players averaging in double figures in scoring.