One of the Thunder's advantages over the Rockets before their first-round playoff series began was supposed to be size and rebounding.
After Game 1, advantage Rockets.
The Rockets outrebounded the Thunder 56-41 en route to a 118-77 victory thanks to 12 from Ryan Anderson and a lot of dirty work underneath by Clint Capela and Nene The 12 rebounds by Anderson are a career high in the postseason.
"We don't have to do that every game, but we can't have a big deficit," Rockets coach Mike D'Antoni said.