The Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the Houston Rockets on Christmas Day, 112-107. In a game well-suited for prime time, OKC and Houston put on a high quality showing that put an exclamation point on the annual tradition of the pleasure of NBA basketball that accents the holiday.
Billed not only as a rematch between last year’s 1st round playoff opponents, but also as a head-to-head battle between last year’s top two MVP candidates, Russell Westbrook outshone his former teammate and counterpart James Harden to deliver the Thunder one of its biggest wins of the season.