Tonight marks Houston’s last regular season home game of the 2017-18 season. They will not return to the friendly confines of the Toyota Center until April 14 or 15 when they host Game 1 of their first round series against the eighth seed in the Western Conference.
One of their possible opponents in that first round series is the same team they faced in the first round last season, whom Houston will be playing tonight.
The Oklahoma City Thunder sit at 45-34 and could easily finish with the same record as they did last season (47-35) despite the addition of two All-Star talents in Paul George and Carmelo Anthony.