Schedule and 2016-17 Results
Regular Season Records: Houston 55-27, Oklahoma City 47-35
Game 1 on Sunday, 16 April: Oklahoma City loses at Houston, 118-pts-87
Game 2 on Wednesday, 19 April: Oklahoma City loses at Houston, 115-pts-111
Game 3 on Friday, 21 April: Houston loses at Oklahoma City, 115-pts-113
Game 4 on Sunday, 23 April: Houston wins at Oklahoma City, 113-pts-109
Game 5 on Tuesday, 25 April: Oklahoma City loses at Houston, 105-pts-99

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 5: The Houston Rockets hosted and bested the Oklahoma City Thunder 105-pts-99 to complete a 4-games-1 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1341 victory. With the series 1341 win, the Houston Rockets improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 16-18 overall and 3-7 in the Preliminary round. With the series 1341 loss, the Oklahoma City Thunder see their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record fall to 10-7 overall and 5-2 in the Preliminary round. The win order for the victorious Houston Rockets in series 1341 was WWLWW: Series 1341 thus becomes the 17th NBA Preliminary-round series, the 57th NBA series (all rounds), and the 117th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. The last best-of-7 NBA playoff series which Houston won with a win order of WWLWW was series 671, over the Utah Jazz in the 1994 NBA Semifinals (en route to the 1994 NBA championship).

After Game 4: The Houston Rockets visited and outscored the Oklahoma City Thunder 113-pts-109 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1341 lead of 3-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Houston Rockets have a series record of 6-0 and a Game 5 record of 4-2. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Oklahoma City Thunder have a series record of 0-3 and a Game 5 record of 0-3.

After Game 3: The Oklahoma City Thunder hosted and defeated the Houston Rockets 115-pts-113 to reduce the Houston Rockets best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL series 1341 lead to 2-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Houston Rockets have a series record of 9-2 and a Game 4 record of 5-6. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Oklahoma City Thunder have a series record of 4-5 and a Game 4 record of 6-3.

After Game 2: The Houston Rockets hosted and bested the Oklahoma City Thunder 115-pts-111 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1341 lead of 2-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Houston Rockets have a series record of 5-2 and a Game 3 record of 2-5. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Oklahoma City Thunder have a series record of 1-2 and a Game 3 record of 3-0. Houston trailed by nine points after the first quarter of series 1341 Game 2. In the history of best-of-7 NBA playoff games since 1947, inclusive, home teams trailing by nine points after one quarter had a game record of only 19-31 (.380).

After Game 1: The Houston Rockets hosted and defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder 118-pts-87 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1341 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Houston Rockets have a series record of 10-3 and a Game 2 record of 7-6. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Oklahoma City Thunder have a series record of 4-3 and a Game 2 record of 4-3.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2016-17 NBA regular season, the Houston Rockets finished eight games ahead of the Oklahoma City Thunder. From 1947 through the 2016 NBA Finals round, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by eight regular-season games, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 23-6 (.793) with an active four-series winning streak in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1341 is the 34th best-of-7 NBA playoff series for the Houston Rockets, and the 17th for the Oklahoma City Thunder. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the Houston Rockets have an all-rounds series record of 15-18, a Preliminary-round series record of 2-7, and a Game 1 record of 13-20, while the Oklahoma City Thunder have an all-rounds series record of 10-6, a Preliminary-round series record of 5-1 with an active five-series winning streak, and a Game 1 record of 9-7.