Oklahoma City Thunder, líder da Conferência Oeste, enfrenta Houston Rockets com o objetivo de conter Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. Oklahoma City Thunder lead Western Conference, face Houston Rockets aiming to contain Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.

O Oklahoma City Thunder, apesar dos ferimentos de jogadores-chave, lidera a Conferência Ocidental com uma forte defesa e a pontuação de Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. The Oklahoma City Thunder, despite injuries to key players, lead the Western Conference with a strong defense and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's scoring. O Thunder enfrenta os Houston Rockets, que planejam defender melhor Gilgeous-Alexander, apinhando-o e compartilhando deveres defensivos entre Dillon Brooks e Amen Thompson. The Thunder face the Houston Rockets, who plan to better defend Gilgeous-Alexander by crowding him and sharing defensive duties between Dillon Brooks and Amen Thompson. Os Rockets pretendem ser mais agressivos para limitar suas oportunidades de pontuação. The Rockets aim to be more aggressive to limit his scoring opportunities.