Houston Rockets vs Oklahoma City Thunder: Don Best NBA Odds & Trends for 2/1/2021

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's Oklahoma City Thunder (8-10) will look to secure an upset of Christian Wood and the Houston Rockets (9-9) on February 1, 2021. The Rockets are a 5-point favorite. A 223.5-point total is set for the matchup.

How to Watch

Time: 8:00 PM EST
TV Channel: FS-OK

Betting Suggestions:

Rockets vs. Thunder Betting Data

Rockets Betting Data

• Houston has failed to cover the spread more often than not this year, going 8-10.
• When they are at least 5-point favorites, the Rockets are 1-1 ATS.
• Houston has covered the over/under less than half of the time, in six of 18 games (33.3%).

Thunder Betting Data

• Against the spread this season, Oklahoma City has a winning record: 10-8.
• Oklahoma City hit the over in a majority of its games this season: 9 of 18 games (50%).

Point Total Insights

• Houston and its opponents have hit the over on Monday's 223.5 total in six out of 18 games (33.3%) this year.
• In Oklahoma City's games this year, the competing teams combined for a higher point total than Monday's matchup over/under in seven out of 18 matchups (38.9%).
• The point total for the game of 223.5 is 5.2 points more than the combined points per game averages for the Rockets (111 points per game) and the Thunder (107.3 points per game).
• The 223.9 points per game these two teams allow their opponents to score on average this season are 0.4 more than the 223.5 over/under in this contest.
• On average, the over/under in Rockets games is 2.9 points fewer than the over/under of 223.5 points in this matchup.
• A difference of 1.9 points separates this contest's over/under (223.5 points) and the average total points bet in Thunder's games (221.6 points) this season.

Previous Matchups

Houston and Oklahoma City have each won five games over the last 10 head-to-head matchups, while the Thunder have a better against the spread record, 6-3, than the Rockets in those matchups between the two teams.

Rockets Players to Watch

• The Rockets leader in points and rebounds is Wood, who scores 23.6 points and grabs 10.7 rebounds per game.
• John Wall leads Houston in assists, averaging 5.8 per game while also scoring 17.8 points per contest.
• The Rockets get the most three-point shooting production out of Victor Oladipo, who makes 2.8 threes per game.
• The Houston steals leader is Oladipo, who averages 1.8 takeaways per game, while its blocks leader is Wood, who compiles 1.6 rejections per contest.

Thunder Players to Watch

• The Thunder's Gilgeous-Alexander puts up enough points (21.9 per game) and assists (6.4 per game) to top the team's leaderboards.
• Al Horford grabs 7.3 rebounds per game (he also scores 12.5 points per game and adds 2.5 assists per game) which puts him at the top of the Oklahoma City rebounding leaderboard.
• Horford is consistent from deep and leads the Thunder with 2.3 made threes per game.
• Oklahoma City's leader in steals is Hamidou Diallo with 0.9 per game, and its leader in blocks is Aleksej Pokusevski with 1.1 per game.

Injury Report

Rockets:

David Nwaba: Out (Ankle),

Dante Exum: Out (Calf)

Thunder:

Ty Jerome: Out (Left Ankle),

Trevor Ariza: Out (Personal),

George Hill: Out (Thumb)