Rockets vs. Thunder: Play-by-play, highlights and reactions

Oklahoma City Thunder @okcthunder
Saturday Night Starting 🖐
📺 @BallySportsOK pic.twitter.com/sfrDzzczVN – 7:49 PM

Rylan Stiles @Rylan_Stiles
#Thunder starters:
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Josh Giddey
Aaron Wiggins
Jalen Williams
Mike Muscala – 7:40 PM

Oklahoma City Thunder @okcthunder
Prep work! pic.twitter.com/Yhr7oqBHUp – 7:38 PM

Adam Wexler @AdamJWexler
#Rockets starters tonight vs OKC: Martin, Smith Jr., Sengun, Nix, Green
Thunder starters: Muscala, Wiggins, J. Williams, Gilgeous-Alexander, Giddey – 7:36 PM

Houston Rockets @HoustonRockets
back-to-back #Rockets hoops
counting down.. pic.twitter.com/xkUqxO3MnD – 7:35 PM

Jonathan Feigen @Jonathan_Feigen
Rockets starters: Martin, Smith Jr., Sengun, Green, Nix.
Thunder starters: Wiggins, Williams, Muscala, Gilgeous-Alexander, Giddey. – 7:33 PM

Oklahoma City Thunder @okcthunder
❝Being ready…playing at 100%, run and grab rebounds, defense❞
A few games after returning, @Ousmane Dieng joins @NickAGallo to discuss offensive and defensive opportunities ahead of tonight’s matchup against the Rockets. pic.twitter.com/OFuBk8YgUT – 7:30 PM

Austin Kent @AustinKent
This sequence from Alperen Sengun in his first week in the league is still one of my favorite Moment cameos. The hand-eye coordination, the awareness, the hustle… different from Day 1. pic.twitter.com/xAK7sDkF2n – 7:28 PM

Houston Rockets @HoustonRockets
H-Town love in OKC! 🫶
@SociosUSA | #Rockets pic.twitter.com/MLhzMIYmRc – 7:11 PM

Clemente Almanza @CAlmanza1007
Mark Daigneault when asked about SGA being the first Thunder All-Star of this new era: pic.twitter.com/WDqRTnHwam – 6:59 PM

Clemente Almanza @CAlmanza1007
All-Star Shai pic.twitter.com/1R8IG5xMvS – 6:43 PM

Oklahoma City Thunder @okcthunder
Pull up, hop out 🏎 pic.twitter.com/6YVw3hZr9B – 6:41 PM

Clemente Almanza @CAlmanza1007
Jalen Green pic.twitter.com/mlA1hc4npG – 6:35 PM

Jonathan Feigen @Jonathan_Feigen
As expected, Rockets guard Jalen Green is likely good to go in OKC tonight, pending how things go in a warm-up now. Missed the past three games with a bruised right calf. – 6:34 PM

Joe Mussatto @joe_mussatto
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl will not be with the Thunder at the start of its upcoming road trip. He’ll stick with the Blue for a few more days.
Asked if Lu Dort will play on the upcoming trip, Daigneault said he’s not ruling Dort in or out. – 6:31 PM

Clemente Almanza @CAlmanza1007
Mark Daigneault said Lu Dort is progressing but his hamstring strain is a tricky injury to recover from
Wouldn’t commit one way or the other when asked about his availability for the upcoming 3-game road trip – 6:31 PM

Brandon Rahbar @BrandonRahbar
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl in his first game back with the OKC Blue:
16 points
3 rebounds
3 assists
2 blocks
7-11 shooting
2-2 from 3 pic.twitter.com/lyM3wgtL0U – 6:29 PM

Clemente Almanza @CAlmanza1007
Mark Daigneault said JRE will not initially be part of the Thunder’s upcoming 3-game road trip – 6:29 PM

Rylan Stiles @Rylan_Stiles
Mark Daigneault tells @Joe Mussatto that Jeremiah Robinson-Earl will not be on this upcoming road trip with the Thunder, initially. – 6:29 PM

Houston Rockets @HoustonRockets
on the move pic.twitter.com/6VSUiAWQk2 – 6:27 PM

Rylan Stiles @Rylan_Stiles
Mark Daigneault on Shai Gilgeous-Alexander being an All-Star “I was bathing my son during the announcement, got an alert on my phone” said “really happy obviously for him. When your best worker and most committed guy, or one of, is rewarded for that, I think it’s a strong signal” – 6:27 PM

Clemente Almanza @CAlmanza1007
Mark Daigneault said he was bathing his son when SGA was named an All-Star and heard the news via his phone: “You can’t interrupt bath time for anything.” – 6:26 PM

Rylan Stiles @Rylan_Stiles
Ousmane Dieng working on some post defense pic.twitter.com/SZAH58Vjdm – 5:44 PM

Oklahoma City Thunder @okcthunder
Taking on the Rockets at home tonight, the Thunder looks at an opportunity apply lessons learned throughout the season and lean into their strengths as a unit.
@NickAGallo and @ParisNLawson give us today’s @OUHealth Game Day Report. pic.twitter.com/eO8Dmw0fQ6 – 5:16 PM

Rylan Stiles @Rylan_Stiles
Pushing for points:
•Oklahoma City plays with the third fastest pace in the league (102.1) and is currently seventh in the NBA in points per game (116.6)
•The Thunder connect on 43.3 field goals per game, fifth highest in the league.
Per Thunder game notes – 5:03 PM

Jeff Goodman @GoodmanHoops
Memphis swept by Tulane. Just don’t know how the Tigers are in the field right now.
Bubble team.
Might need to pick off Houston once or two upcoming meetings. – 5:03 PM

Joe Mussatto @joe_mussatto
Injury report for Thunder-Rockets
– Dort will miss his fourth straight game.
– Jalen Green is questionable. pic.twitter.com/LncL9zmvs0 – 4:54 PM

Clemente Almanza @CAlmanza1007
Spoke to Andre Roberson after today’s OKC Blue game
Here’s what he had to say about his surprising return and what’s next for him:
normantranscript.com/sports/okc-thu… – 4:53 PM

Houston Rockets @HoustonRockets
The Rockets will have 4 players score double-digits tonight.
@DraftKings | #Rockets – 4:44 PM

Clemente Almanza @CAlmanza1007
Andre Roberson on SGA’s All-Star berth
Both were teammates with each other in SGA’s first season in OKC in 2019-20: pic.twitter.com/Uwd4RfwMZ2 – 4:42 PM

Houston Rockets @HoustonRockets
Back at it in OKC.
7:00 PM Tip-Off
📺 @ATTSportsNetSW
📻 @SportsTalk790 / En Español 93.3 FM TUDN pic.twitter.com/FrEsAn4xgG – 4:00 PM

Oklahoma City Thunder @okcthunder
Kenrich Williams joined students from F.D. Moon Middle School to learn about notable African American Oklahomans from renowned historian Bruce Fisher. Each student was provided a copy of, We Remember…Before and Beyond: An Oklahoma African American History Coloring Book 🖍 pic.twitter.com/bNaGYUv3Ph – 3:41 PM

Rylan Stiles @Rylan_Stiles
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl on returning from his grade 3 ankle sprain pic.twitter.com/UiRmsBZZEL – 3:31 PM

Clemente Almanza @CAlmanza1007
When Andre Roberson entered the press conference, he touched the OKC Blue backdrop and said “it’s been a while!” – 3:25 PM

Clemente Almanza @CAlmanza1007
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl in his first game back from injury:
21 minutes
16 points on 7-of-11 shooting, 2-of-2 from 3
3 rebounds
3 assists
2 blocks – 3:06 PM

Rylan Stiles @Rylan_Stiles
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl finished with 21 minutes played, 16 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, on 7-for-11 shooting, 2-for-2 from deep. Looked good on both ends. Blue earned the win over the Kings. Eugene Omoruyi had 29 points. Olivier Sarr had 15 points and 12 rebounds. – 3:05 PM

Rylan Stiles @Rylan_Stiles
Thunder legend pic.twitter.com/KqWYkFtzfq – 2:47 PM

Adam Spolane @AdamSpolane
Rockets have ruled out Jae’Sean Tate from tonight’s game in Oklahoma City. Jalen Green is questionable. Rockets will be without Tate, Eric Gordon and Kevin Porter Jr – 2:37 PM

Jonathan Feigen @Jonathan_Feigen
New #Rockets at Houston Chronicle — How the Rockets decide to challenge calls and the man at the iPad ift.tt/L0TVtrI – 2:19 PM