Oklahoma City Thunder vs Houston Rockets Prediction, 4/4/2025 Preview and Pick

Game: Oklahoma City Thunder vs Houston Rockets

Date: Friday, April 4, 2025

Location: Toyota Center in Houston, TX

TV: Space City Home Network

The Houston Rockets (50-27) are welcoming the Oklahoma City Thunder (64-12) at Toyota Center on Friday.

The Thunder took the court against the Pistons and went home with a win by a final score of 119-103 in their last contest. Regarding personal fouls, the Thunder ended up walking away with 19 while the Pistons finished the game with 25 personal fouls. They also converted 10 of their 33 attempts from beyond the arc. Detroit finished the game at 84.0% from the free throw line by converting 21 of their 25 tries. Additionally, Detroit pulled down 43 rebounds (11 offensive, 32 defensive) and added 11 rejections. Detroit earned 20 dimes and had 5 steals for the contest. With respect to the defense, Oklahoma City allowed the other team to go 40.4% from the field on 36 of 89 shooting. They also doled out 25 assists for this game in addition to forcing 19 turnovers and earning 12 steals. In terms of grabbing boards, they earned 46 with 13 of them being of the offensive variety. At the charity stripe, the Thunder converted 25 of their 31 attempts for a percentage of 80.6%. Oklahoma City finished the game having earned a 43.8% field goal percentage (42 of 96) and buried 10 of 38 three-point attempts.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is a guy who was a major factor in the matchup. He recorded 33 points on 10 of 26 shooting. He was on the court for 35 minutes played and grabbed 6 rebounds. Gilgeous-Alexander ended up shooting 38.5% from the floor and also dished out 3 dimes.

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Oklahoma City comes into this contest with a win-loss record of 64-12 for the year. They turn the ball over 11.8 times per contest and as a squad are committing 19.9 personal fouls per game. As a team, Oklahoma City is pulling down 44.9 boards per game and has tallied 2,051 assists so far this season, which has them ranked 12th in the league in terms of passing. The Thunder are shooting 37.5% on shots from downtown (1,104 of 2,945) and 82.0% from the free throw line. They average 120.4 pts per contest (4th in the league) while connecting on 48.1% from the field.

On the defensive end, the Thunder are able to force 17.1 turnovers every game and they draw 18.3 fouls. They are giving up 34.0% on shots from distance while they are 2nd in basketball in opponents PPG (107.0). The Thunder defense is allowing a field goal percentage of 43.5% (2,865 of 6,593) and they concede 44.8 rebounds per game as a group. They are currently ranked 4th in basketball in giving up assists with 1,872 surrendered this year.

The last time they took the court, the Rockets walked away with a victory by a final of 143-105 against the Jazz. In relation to rebounds, Houston allowed Utah to pull down 39 in total (10 on the offensive side). They went 25.0% from 3-point land by going 10 out of 40 and finished the contest at 15 of 23 from the free throw line (65.2%). The Rockets allowed the Jazz to convert 40 out of 94 tries from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 42.6% in this contest. Overall, the Rockets ended up going 56 out of 104 from the floor which had them at 53.8%. When discussing shots from downtown, Houston knocked down 19 out of their 45 tries (42.2%). They were able to knock down 12 of them for a rate of 63.2%. The Jazz had 14 personal fouls for this game which took the Rockets to the charity stripe for a total of 19 attempts. They also gave up possession of the ball 10 times, while recording 4 steals for the contest. The Rockets were able to pull down 45 defensive boards and 18 offensive rebounds totaling 63 for this game.

Jalen Green ended up being a major contributor for the Rockets for this game. Green scored 22 points in his 28 mins on the court and had 2 dimes in this contest. He knocked down 7 out of 15 for this game for a field goal rate of 46.7%, and had 4 rebounds.

Houston has a win-loss record of 50-27 so far this season. The Rockets are responsible for committing 19.1 fouls per game while shooting 74.1% from the free throw line. They are dishing out assists 23.2 times per contest (28th in the league) and they are giving up possession 13.8 times per game. Houston has totaled 8,804 points on the year (114.3 per contest) and they snag 48.8 rebounds per game. As an offense, the Rockets are shooting 45.3% from the floor, which has them ranked 24th in the league.

The Rockets on defense are ranked 5th in the NBA in PPG given up with 109.0. They are able to force 14.4 TO's per game and have let teams shoot 45.5% from the floor (4th in basketball). The Houston defense gives up 35.2% on 3-pointers (933 of 2,652) and opponents are making 75.8% of their free throw shots. They have relinquished 23.2 assists and 42.1 boards every game, which is 2nd and 5th in the league.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Houston

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