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Halftime Report
The Rockets have overcome an early deficit to take the lead back in this one. Sitting on a score of 62-57, they have looked like the better team, but there’s still two more quarters to play.
If the Rockets keep playing like this, they’ll bump their record up to 26-31 in no time. On the other hand, the Thunder will have to make due with a 39-18 record unless they turn things around (and fast).
Who’s Playing
Oklahoma City Thunder @ Houston Rockets
Current Records: Oklahoma City 39-17, Houston 25-31
How To Watch
- When: Sunday, February 25, 2024 at 7 p.m. ET
- Where: Toyota Center — Houston, Texas
- TV: Bally Sports Oklahoma
- Follow: CBS Sports App
- Online streaming: fuboTV (Try for free. Regional restrictions may apply.)
- Ticket Cost: $11.00
What to Know
The Thunder have enjoyed a two-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They and the Houston Rockets will face off at 7:00 p.m. ET on February 25th at Toyota Center without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
The Thunder scored the most points they’ve had all season to find success on Friday. They really took it to Washington for the full four quarters, racking up a 147-106 victory at home. The oddsmakers set the bar high with a 242.5-point over/under, but they still managed to beat it.
It was another big night for Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who almost dropped a double-double on 30 points and nine assists. He has been hot recently, having posted 25 or more points the last six times he’s played. Another player making a difference was Chet Holmgren, who dropped a double-double on 25 points and ten rebounds.
Even though the Rockets have not done well against the Suns recently (they were 2-8 in their previous ten matchups), they didn’t let the past get in their way on Friday. Houston secured a 114-110 W over the Suns. The victory was just what the Rockets needed coming off of a 127-105 loss in their prior contest.
Oklahoma City pushed their record up to 39-17 with that win, which was their sixth straight at home. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive dominance across that stretch, as they averaged 128.2 points per game. As for Houston, their victory bumped their record up to 25-31.
Sunday’s contest is one where the number of possessions is likely to be a big factor: The Thunder haven’t given up the ball easily this season, having only averaged 11.7 turnovers per game (they’re ranked second in turnovers per game overall). However, it’s not like the Rockets struggle in that department as they’ve been averaging only 12.6 turnovers per game. Given these competing strengths, it’ll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Going forward, the Thunder are the favorite in this one, as the experts expect to see them win by 6.5 points. This contest will be their 15th straight as the favorites (so far over this stretch they are 7-7 against the spread).
Odds
Oklahoma City is a solid 6.5-point favorite against Houston, according to the latest NBA odds.
The line has drifted a bit towards the Thunder, as the game opened with the Thunder as a 4.5-point favorite.
The over/under is 234 points.
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Series History
Houston has won 6 out of their last 10 games against Oklahoma City.
- Dec 06, 2023 – Houston 110 vs. Oklahoma City 101
- Feb 15, 2023 – Oklahoma City 133 vs. Houston 96
- Feb 04, 2023 – Oklahoma City 153 vs. Houston 121
- Feb 01, 2023 – Houston 112 vs. Oklahoma City 106
- Nov 26, 2022 – Houston 118 vs. Oklahoma City 105
- Dec 01, 2021 – Houston 114 vs. Oklahoma City 110
- Nov 29, 2021 – Houston 102 vs. Oklahoma City 89
- Nov 17, 2021 – Oklahoma City 101 vs. Houston 89
- Oct 22, 2021 – Houston 124 vs. Oklahoma City 91
- Mar 21, 2021 – Oklahoma City 114 vs. Houston 112
NORMAN — Located just 190 miles from Norman, Southlake, TX, sits comfortably within Oklahoma’s recruiting footprint. Many Dallas–Fort Worth prospects grow up viewing OU as either a favorite destination or a local option thanks to its close proximity.
New Oklahoma tight end Jack Van Dorselaer, however, had a different perspective during his recruitment at Southlake Carroll High School.
“Honestly, growing up, I wasn’t the biggest OU fan,” Van Dorselaer said Monday during Oklahoma’s Spring Media Day. “When I was getting recruited, I was really into Tennessee and going to Tennessee.”
He wasn’t exaggerating — his recruiting profile backs it up. Oklahoma extended an offer to Van Dorselaer on March 25, 2023, never took a visit. At the time, former tight ends coach Joe Jon Finley’s track record probably didn’t do much to boost confidence in a highly-touted tight end’s development.
Van Dorselaer would go on to pledge to the Volunteers, playing in all 13 games — an experience where he “learned some things as the season went on,” — before entering the transfer portal.
If Oklahoma’s previous tight ends coach left doubts lingering, one phone call changed everything. Ironically, it came from a Tennessee alum — now tabbed to coach that same position in Norman. For Van Dorselaer, it was the pitch that finally landed.
“I guess that was kind of a funny coincidence (getting a call from Jason Witten), but once he got the job, it was kind of a no‑brainer for me,” Van Dorselaer said. “To not pass that up and also to come back home and play in the SEC and play for Oklahoma.
“And I just felt like this offense was better for me and a better opportunity for me to succeed at the next level,” he added.
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The irony ran deeper than Van Dorselaer’s plan to leave Tennessee — only to get recruited by a Tennessee legend for Oklahoma.
It also sprang from his Southlake roots, where he grew up idolizing hometown hero Witten through his Hall of Fame Cowboys career — an opportunity Van Dorselaer sees as being able to make him a more complete tight end.
“I think last year at Tennessee, I was really utilized in the run game,” Van Dorselaer said “I feel like I have the ability to do everything — not just run block, not just pass catch, but to do everything. A lot of tight ends just want to catch and not block. I think coach Witten offers that coaching that really helped me in the pass game.”
Van Dorselaer joins fellow transfer tight ends Hayden Hansen and Rocky Beers — all tasked, as general manager Jim Nagy put it, with “flipping the room” from last year under Witten. Each brings a unique skill set that Ben Arbuckle will channel his inner Dr. Frankenstein to stitch together.
If Hansen is the bigger body that can help open lanes for Sooner ball carries and Beers is the field-stretching tight end, Van Dorselaer already seems him as a bridge between then two.
“I think (Arbuckle) sees me more as like a hybrid guy — not just blocking, not just pass catching, but doing everything,” he said. “I think that’s kind of also what drew me to Oklahoma, was that aspect of it.”
For that vision to be fully realized, Van Dorselaer will have to use this spring and summer as the time to build chemistry with his new quarterback, John Mateer, who appealed to the tight end during his transfer portal recruitment.
“I think his mindset is a big thing for me,” Van Dorselaer said. “But I mean, just being around him more, I think his mindset is something that’s cool for me to be a part of. He holds me to a standard that is going to make me a better football player and a better person.”
Van Dorselaer enters spring ball with a clean slate, syncing his hybrid skill set alongside Mateer’s winning mindset and under coach Witten’s complete-tight-end blueprint.
KANSAS CITY, MO — Christian Coleman reached high but couldn’t grab the alley-oop pass from Jaylen Curry.
But it glanced off his fingertips, hit the backboard, then the rim and fell in the basket.
It wasn’t the prettiest clutch play by the Oklahoma State forward, but it was as important as any of them.
Coleman’s alley-oops layup with just over two minutes remaining helped the 14th-seeded Cowboys stretch their lead on the way to a 92-83 win over No. 11 Colorado in the first round of the Big 12 Tournament on Tuesday at T-Mobile Center.
Had Coleman gotten his hands on the ball, it would have been a massive exclamation-point jam, yet as he rose for it, he could tell it was out of his reach.
“But God had his hands around it and it kinda fell in for me,” Coleman said with a laugh. “So we count it.”
Coleman finished with 17 points and a season-high 14 rebounds, backing guard Anthony Roy, who had 17 of his game-high 24 points in the second half. Curry added 15 points, five rebounds and four assists.
Late in the game, the lanky 6-foot-8 Coleman moved to center as coach Steve Lutz was forced to put a small lineup on the floor.
The Cowboys were without their two most-used bigs, Parsa Fallah and Andrija Vukovic, because of injuries. Their freshman replacements, Benjamin Ahmed and Mekhi Ragland, found themselves in foul trouble.
“He’s versatile,” said OSU point guard Kanye Clary, who had seven points, six assists and five rebounds. “He can guard the 1-5. He switches and plays hard.
“When he’s motored up, I don’t really think there’s nobody who can stop him. He’s the only person who can stop himself. And tonight, he went out there and showed how impactful he is.”
The Cowboys (19-13) will take on sixth-seeded TCU at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday as they try to once again keep their NCAA Tournament hopes alive.
“Our mentality has been the same every game in the Big 12, because the league is so darn hard,” Lutz said. “If you look forward, you have no chance.
“I’m proud of the guys for sticking together and banding together, because we’ve had some key people, teammates, go down and we had to piece it together. I’m just happy for them and excited to face TCU tomorrow night.”
Here are three takeaways from the OSU victory:
Anthony Roy settles in for big game
In an odd twist, Colorado was hit with a technical foul for not submitting its lineup in time prior to the game, and that put Roy on the free throw line before the tipoff.
He missed the attempt, but it was the only one he’d miss all night, hitting the next 10.
Roy hit some rough patches throughout the first half, at one point getting quickly subbed out after missing an awkward 3-pointer from the corner.
But in the second half, he found his rhythm, going 5 of 6 from the floor with a pair of 3-pointers and a couple tough drives for layups.
“He got to the free-throw line and made 10 of 11,” Lutz said. “I thought he did a good job with that. And we tease him a bunch about his defense, but I thought at the end of the game when it mattered, he played good defense. And he rebounded the basketball.”
Freshmen Benjamin Ahmed, Mekhi Ragland play key minutes
With the Cowboys thin in the frontcourt, Ahmed made his third straight start, and Ragland was the first center off the bench.
Ahmed went to the bench after getting his fourth foul with 7:20 to play and didn’t return, but still played his second-most minutes in a game this season at 21. He finished with seven points, six rebounds and a blocked shot.
“Parsa going down, he spoke to me about it that I have a big role to fill,” Ahmed said. “It’s a learning process for me. I’m just excited to see what the future holds for me.”
Ragland had four points, a rebound and an assist in eight minutes — his most against a Big 12 opponent.
“It felt good being able to step up,” Ragland said. “I’ve wanted to show myself and show what I can do all year.
“The first couple up-and-downs, you’re a little nervous, but that goes away fast. It’s just basketball at the end of the day, so I was ready for the moment.”
OSU by the numbers
∎ The Cowboys are now 29-1 under Steve Lutz when scoring at least 81 points. The only loss came to TCU earlier this year, 95-92 in overtime at Gallagher-Iba Arena.
∎ The 92 points scored Tuesday are the most by OSU in the Big 12 Tournament. The previous high was 87, scored against Colorado in 2005.
∎ Coleman’s 14 rebounds were his season high and tied his career high.
∎ Adding a new combination Tuesday, OSU has used 19 different starting lineups this season.
∎ Clary led the team in plus-minus at 17, followed by Vyctorius Miller at 14.
Scott Wright covers Oklahoma State athletics for The Oklahoman. Have a story idea for Scott? He can be reached at swright@oklahoman.com or on X at @ScottWrightOK. Sign up for the Oklahoma State Cowboys newsletter to access more OSU coverage. Support Scott’s work and that of other Oklahoman journalists by purchasing a digital subscription today at subscribe.oklahoman.com or by using the link at the top of this page.
Oklahoma State vs. TCU
TIPOFF: 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Mo. (ESPNU)
OKLAHOMA CITY (KOKH) — Severe weather is still expected tonight across much of our area. In fact, the threats have increased since this morning due to more clearing skies in western Oklahoma. More sunshine means more instability to work with.
SPC Severe Weather Outlook. (KOKH)
Due to this, the Storm Prediction Center has increased all hazards for our part of Oklahoma. The strongest storms could produce winds up to 80 mph, baseball size hail, and a few tornadoes. This would be from essentially now until early Wednesday morning.
SPC Tornado Outlook. (KOKH)
The tornadic potential has increased across much of the area generally along and east of I-44/I-35.
The general thinking is that discrete supercells will form in western North Texas in the 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM window and begin to make their way towards southwest Oklahoma. These storms will then quickly go from being individual cells to more clusters of storms. This would increase the wind potential and make it possible for brief spinup tornadoes to form. These QLCS (quasi-linear convective systems) tornadoes can form and develop quickly.
Once the storms are generally east of I-35, there won’t be any more cells anymore and we’d be looking at a larger squall line. Check out the below model images for a look at the evolution of the storms tonight:
There is also the potential for very heavy rain with these storms too.
A cold front will sweep the storms away to the east tonight. After the front, strong northerly winds are possible. Due to this, there is a Wind Advisory Wednesday for parts of our area.
Wednesday Wind Gusts. (KOKH)
These strong winds will increase the fire danger Wednesday afternoon.
To stay up to date with the latest forecast, be sure to download the Fox 25 Weather App.
Download the Fox 25 First Warning Weather App. (KOKH)
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