Oklahoma City Thunder vs Houston Rockets NBA Picks, Odds, Predictions 11/17/2021

The Houston Rockets and the Oklahoma City Thunder collide at the Paycom Center on Wednesday night.

The Houston Rockets have been ice-cold lately as they’ve lost 13 of their first 14 games and they will be hoping to put an end to a 12-game slide after getting routed by the Grizzlies in a 136-102 road loss on Monday. Jalen Green led the team in scoring with 15 points on six of 13 shooting, Jae’Sean Tate added 14 points with nine rebounds while Christian Wood chipped in with 11 points and four assists. As a team, the Rockets shot just 37 percent from the field and 11 of 38 from the 3-point line but they never had a chance in this one as they allowed 74 points in the first half to fall behind by double-digits early, before scoring just 15 points in the third quarter to fall behind by as many as 40 points. Kevin Porter Jr. had a night to forget as he scored just seven points on two of 11 shooting, while no bench player scored more than 10 points.

Meanwhile, the Oklahoma City Thunder have been in decent shape as they’ve won five of their past nine games overall, but they will be looking to avoid a third straight defeat in this one after falling to the Heat in a 103-90 home loss on Monday. Luguentz Dort led the team with 20 points, James Robinson-Earl added 16 points while Shai Gilgeous-Alexander chipped in with just 10 points and five assists. As a team, the Thunder shot just 41 percent from the field and 15 of 41 from the 3-point line as they fought hard to tie the game at halftime, before falling victim to a 23-10 run in the third quarter to fall behind by 14 points. Josh Giddey scored just six points on three of 10 shooting while Gilgeous-Alexander shot just two of 11 for his 10 points.

Looking at the betting trends, the Rockets are 9-4-1 ATS in their last 14 road games, 15-37 ATS in their last 52 games against a team with a losing record and 0-4-1 ATS in their last five games overall. The Thunder are 5-0 ATS in their last five games against a team with a losing record, 3-7 ATS in their last 10 games following a loss of more than 10 points and 5-2 ATS in their last seven games overall.,

Head to head, the under sis 5-2 in the last seven meetings overall, the Rockets are 1-7 ATS in the last eight meetings in Oklahoma City and the Rockets are 5-11 ATS in the last 16 meetings overall.

The Rockets are still stuck on just one win for the season and if you saw them in their 34-point loss to the Grizzlies on Monday, it’s hard to know when their second will come. Kevin Porter Jr. is listed as questionable with a thigh bruise so the Rockets could be shorthanded in this one. The Thunder were in decent shape before their last two losses and they were more than competitive against the Heat on Monday. The Rockets are 1-7 ATS in the last eight meetings in Oklahoma City and I expect that trend to continue as the Thunder should be good enough to get the much-needed win and cover at home.