Oklahoma City Thunder at Houston Rockets 10/22/21 - NBA Picks & Predictions

The Oklahoma City Thunder look to bounce back from an opening-night loss when visiting the Houston Rockets on Friday. Oklahoma City is 0-1 after falling to the Utah Jazz 107-86 on Wednesday.  Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was the leading scorer for Oklahoma City in the loss with 18 points. The Thunder were outrebounded by Utah 53-50 and Oklahoma City committed 15 turnovers to only 10 by the Jazz.

After one game of the regular season, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is the leading scorer for Oklahoma City with 18 points, while Darius Bazley is the second leading scorer with 15. Josh Giddey is the leading rebounder with 10, while Derrick Favors has nine. Giddey is the leader in assists with three. Oklahoma City shot only 37.4% overall and a disappointing 20.0% from three-point territory.

Houston is 0-1 following a 124-106 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday in their opening game of the regular season. Christian Wood was the leading scorer for Houston in the loss with 16 points. The Rockets were outrebounded by Minnesota 46-41 and Houston was careless with the ball as the Rockets turned the ball over 24 times compared to 18 for the Timberwolves.

Following the first game of the regular season, Christian Wood is the leading scorer with 16, while Eric Gordon is the second-leading scorer with 15. Three players for the Thunder have scored 11 points each. The leading rebounder is Wood with nine and the leader in assists is Jalen Green with four.  Houston shot 45.5% overall and 33.3% from 3-point territory.