Oklahoma City Thunder vs Houston Rockets Prediction, 12/6/2023 Preview and Pick

Game: Oklahoma City Thunder vs Houston Rockets

Date: Wednesday, December 6, 2023

Location: Toyota Center in Houston, TX

TV: Space City Home Network

The Houston Rockets (8-9) welcome the Oklahoma City Thunder (13-6) at Toyota Center on Wednesday.

The Thunder faced the Mavericks and went home with a win by a final score of 126-120 in their last contest. When talking about personal fouls, the Thunder ended up finishing with 24 and the Mavericks recorded 21 personal fouls. They knocked down 19 of their 52 attempts from three-point range. Dallas finished shooting 65.7% from the free throw line by making 23 of 35 tries. Moreover, Dallas grabbed 47 boards (15 offensive, 32 defensive) and got 5 rejections. Dallas dished out 26 assists and had 5 steals for the matchup. Pertaining to defense, Oklahoma City let their opponent shoot 44.8% from the field on 39 of 87 shooting. They also recorded 24 dimes for the matchup while creating 15 turnovers and having 8 steals. Concerning grabbing boards, they earned 50 with 16 of them being offensive. From the charity stripe, the Thunder buried 18 of their 22 attempts for a percentage of 81.8%. Oklahoma City ended the contest with a 44.0% field goal percentage (44 out of 100) and converted 20 of their 44 3-point shots.

Jalen Williams is someone who was important in this matchup. He walked away with 23 points on 9 out of 19 shooting. He saw the court for 30 mins played and totaled 5 boards. Williams ended up going 47.4% from the field and dished out 5 dimes.

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Oklahoma City will play this contest with a record of 13-6 on the season. They have an average of 119.7 pts per game (5th in the league) while hitting 49.2% from the field. The Thunder are connecting on 40.2% on three-point attempts (252 of 627) and 85.2% from the free throw line. As a team, Oklahoma City is pulling in 41.8 boards per game and is sitting with 486 assists for the year, which is 18th in basketball in terms of passing the ball. They turn it over 13.4 times per contest and as a team are committing 20.2 personal fouls every game.

Defensively, the Thunder have forced 16.0 turnovers on a nightly basis and they draw 19.9 fouls. They are ranked 12th in basketball in allowing assists to the opposition with 496 conceded so far this year. The Thunder defense is allowing an opponent shooting percentage of 43.4% (742 of 1,708) and they surrender 46.1 rebounds per game as a basketball team. They give up 34.6% on shots from beyond the perimeter while they are 9th in the league in PPG from their opponents (111.4).

For their last game, the Rockets took a defeat with a final score of 107-97 when they played the Lakers. The Rockets pulled down 43 defensive boards and 11 offensive boards totaling 54 in this matchup. They also coughed up the ball 16 times, while recording 5 steals for this contest. The Lakers were called for 17 personal fouls in the game which took the Rockets to the free throw line for a total of 18 tries. They were able to knock down 14 of them for a rate of 77.8%. Regarding 3-point attempts, Houston knocked down 11 of 31 attempts (35.5%). Overall, the Rockets ended up going 36 for 89 from the field which gave them a rate of 40.4%. The Rockets allowed the Lakers to make 40 of their 89 attempts from the floor which gave them a percentage of 44.9% in this matchup. They went 29.6% from behind the 3-point line via 8 out of 27 and ended up going 19 of 27 from the free throw line (70.4%). Concerning how they attacked the glass, Houston allowed Los Angeles to snag 48 in all (9 on the offensive glass).

Fred VanVleet ended up being a major contributor for the Rockets for this game. He converted 7 of 15 in the matchup for a rate of 46.7%, and tallied 5 rebounds. VanVleet totaled 22 points in his 40 mins on the court and totaled 7 dimes for the contest.

Houston has a mark of 8-9 for the campaign. The Rockets are committing 22.4 fouls every game while shooting 76.1% from the charity stripe. They are earning an assist 26.2 times per contest (11th in the NBA) and they cough up possession 12.7 times per game. Houston has 1,871 pts on the year (110.1 per contest) and they grab 43.9 boards per contest. In terms of offensive execution, the Rockets are hitting on 47.0% from the field, which is 18th in the NBA.

The Houston defense allows 33.1% on 3-point shots (193 of 583) and opponents are making 75.4% of their free throw shots. They have allowed 23.0 assists and 44.3 rebounds per game, which is ranked 1st and 16th in the league. The Rockets on defense are ranked 3rd in basketball in points allowed per game with 107.2. They are forcing their opponents into 12.6 turnovers per game and allow teams to shoot 44.4% from the floor (4th in basketball).

Who will win tonight's NBA game against the spread?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Houston

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