*** Houston Rockets @ Oklahoma City Thunder ***

The Rockets will be coming into this game with double revenge after losing to the Thunder twice this season, but Oklahoma City is not the place they want to play tonight.

After winning there game of the year against the two time defending champs, they backed it up with another big win against the Indiana Pacers. Following that, they were bulldozed early by the Blazers, yet exerted a huge 2nd half to force overtime and come away with another victory. Five straight victories, three of them coming against the Heat, Pacers, and Blazers which included an emotional Primetime victory, a huge 2nd half comeback, an overtime period, and consecutive games all scoring over 100+ points. Now they have to travel to one of the hardest arenas in the league to win at, against a team off two consecutive losses to sub-par teams.

The Thunder have owned Harden since joining the Rockets (8-3), I don't see them slowing down in what will be a bad spot for the Rockets. The consensus is that the Rockets are on fire and the Thunder are struggling heavily but let's not fall in love with the Rockets recent victories, all three of them were home games - one of them being there game of the year, another being against a struggling Pacers team thats 0-48 against fast paced teams this year, and another against the Blazers in which they were extremely lucky to come away with the win. All three of which were very emotional games for them. The Thunder meanwhile, have played the Suns and the Lakers back-to-back, two games that meant very little to them. Now they get to face a team that everyone is touting as the hottest team in the league.

Will the Rockets be as lucky when playing in an arena as dominant as OKC? Revenge or no revenge, the Thunder should shut them down here.