Sunday night in the NBA world featured a battle between the top two teams in the Western Conference ladder — the Oklahoma City Thunder and Houston Rockets. The

The Houston Rockets made a statement with a 119-116 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder last night. The game was tight throughout, but the Rockets ultimately pulled away with the win with a Dillon Brooks jumper with 33.1 seconds left to go. Fred VanVleet ...

Fred VanVleet scored a game-high 38 points and Dillon Brooks nailed a midrange jumper to beat the shot clock and give Houston the lead for good as the host Rockets eked out a 119-116 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday in a matchup between the top two seeds in the Western Conference.

Milwaukee and New York are back in the NBA Cup quarterfinals, just like they were a year ago.The other six remaining Cup contenders — Oklahoma City, Golden State, Houston, Dallas, Atlanta and Orlando — are heading there for the first time.

Thanks to Denver’s comeback over Golden State, the Rockets (15-7, 3-1) will host the Warriors (12-8, 3-1) in next week’s NBA Cup quarterfinal round.

Following their loss to the Denver Nuggets in the final game of the NBA Cup group stage, the bracket is officially set for the quarterfinals. While the Warriors already had their ticket to the quarterfinals punched,

The same cast of characters will be out for the Thunder. Chet Holmgren (hip fracture) is out. Jaylin Williams (hamstring strain) is out. Ousmane Dieng (finger fracture) is out. Alex Caruso (hip strain) is out. Nikola Topic (torn ACL) is out. Alex Ducas (G League two-way) is out.

It's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander the Oklahoma City Thunder against Collin Sexton and the Utah Jazz on Tuesday night at Paycom Center in the final game of group play in the 2024 NBA Cup.

The top team in each of the six groups will advance to the knockout rounds in addition to two wild card teams. Utah (4-16) is 0-3 in NBA Cup games and last in the West's Group B standings.