The Rockets have played four back-to-backs this season, and Russell Westbrook has sat out on the second night in all of them. Westbrook's rest schedule will change this week in a move that will set him up to face the Thunder.
Houston plays at Atlanta on Wednesday night and at Oklahoma City on Thursday night. Westbrook will sit out against the Hawks, Rockets coach Mike D'Antoni told reporters Monday.
That makes Westbrook likely to play his former team at 8:30 p.m. Thursday. It will be his first trip back to Chesapeake Energy Arena since being traded from the Thunder to the Rockets on July 11.