The Houston Rockets are coming off a 123-108 win over Oklahoma City. OKC will need to step things up if they want to even the series.

The Thunder were the third-best team in the league defending the three this season. They held their opponents to just 34.1 percent from deep and held the Rockets to just 38.5 percent. Not bad but when you shoot as many threes as Houston does that still means Houston hit 20 shots from deep. They will need to tey and run Houston shooters off the three-point line and make them shoot inside the line.

The Rockets took game 1 and they are without their second-best player in Russel Westbrook. Harden was the star, but he got a lot of help in this one. Eric Gordon had 21 and Green and McLemore combined for 36 points. The Rockets will need to get continued help from these other players until Westbrook returns.

This is a game about pace. the Rockets are going to want a faster-paced game and try to get OKC in a shootout. OKC is a slower-paced team but that may not be a good thing they way Houston can shoot threes.OKC will need to get more out of Gilgreus-Alexander if they have any hope of winning.

Play on Houston.