Schedule and 2019-20 Results
Regular Season Records: Houston 44-28, Oklahoma City 44-28
Game 1 on Tuesday, 18 August: Oklahoma City loses at Houston, 123-pts-108
Game 2 on Thursday, 20 August: Oklahoma City loses at Houston, 111-pts-98
Game 3 on Saturday, 22 August: Houston loses at Oklahoma City, 119-pts-107 (OT)
Game 4 on Monday, 24 August: Houston loses at Oklahoma City, 117-pts-114
Game 5 on Saturday, 29 August: Oklahoma City loses at Houston, 114-pts-80
Game 6 on Monday, 31 August: Houston loses at Oklahoma City, 104-pts-100
Game 7 on Wednesday, 02 September: Oklahoma City loses at Houston, 104-pts-102

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 7: The Houston Rockets hosted and bested the Oklahoma City Thunder 104-pts-102 to complete a 4-games-3 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1441 victory. With the series 1441 win, the Houston Rockets improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 20-21 overall and 6-7 (with an active four-Preliminary round series winning streak) in the Preliminary round. With the series 1441 loss, the Oklahoma City Thunder see their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record fall to 10-10 (with an active five-series losing streak) overall and 5-5 (with an active four-Preliminary-round series losing streak) in the Preliminary round. The win order for the victorious Houston Rockets in series 1441 was WWLLWLW: Series 1441 thus becomes the fourth NBA Preliminary-round series, the 21st NBA series (all rounds), and the 32nd MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. Series 1441 becomes the 19th best-of-7 NBA playoff series in which the home team won every game (WWLLWLW @ HHVVHVH win/site order).

After Game 6: The Oklahoma City Thunder hosted and outscored the Houston Rockets 104-pts-100 to knot best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1441 at 3-games-all. When tied 3-games-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the Houston Rockets have a Game 7 record of 6-5, while the Oklahoma City Thunder have a Game 7 record of 2-1. The Houston Rockets have a 4-2 Game 7 record in Houston. The Oklahoma City Thunder have a 0-1 Game 7 record on the road.

After Game 5: The Houston Rockets hosted and defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder 114-pts-80 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1441 lead of 3-games-2. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Houston Rockets have a series record of 7-2 and a Game 6 record of 4-5. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Oklahoma City Thunder have a series record of 1-3 and a Game 6 record of 1-3. In all four best-of-7 NBA playoff series in which the Oklahoma City Thunder found itself trailing 3-games-2, the Thunder Game 6 outcome presaged its series outcome (one win, three losses).

After Game 4: The Oklahoma City Thunder hosted and defeated the Houston Rockets 117-pts-114 to knot best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1441 at 2-games-all. When tied 2-games-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the Houston Rockets have a series record of 6-9 (with an active seven-series losing streak) and a Game 5 record of 7-8, while the Oklahoma City Thunder have a series record of 5-2 and a Game 5 record of 4-3.

After Game 3: The Oklahoma City Thunder hosted and defeated the Houston Rockets 119-pts-107 (OT) to reduce the Houston Rockets best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL series 1441 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 12-2 (with an active four-series winning streak) and a Game 4 record of 8-6 (with an active four-Game 4 winning streak). When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Oklahoma City Thunder have a series record of 4-8 and a Game 4 record of 6-6.

After Game 2: The Houston Rockets hosted and vanquished the Oklahoma City Thunder 111-pts-98 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1441 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 8-2 (with an active four-series winning streak) and a Game 3 record of 3-7. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Oklahoma City Thunder have a series record of 1-4 and a Game 3 record of 5-0. The Houston Rockets trailed the pseudo-visiting Oklahoma City Thunder by six points as late as after two quarters but won: In the history of best-of-7 NBA playoff games from 1947 through 2020, inclusive, home teams down six points as late as after two quarters had a game record of only 33-60 (.355).

After Game 1: The Houston Rockets hosted and bested the Oklahoma City Thunder 123-pts-108 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1441 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 14-4 and a Game 2 record of 10-8. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Oklahoma City Thunder have a series record of 4-5 and a Game 2 record of 4-5.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2019-20 NBA regular season, the Houston Rockets finished zero games ahead of the Oklahoma City Thunder. From 1947 through the 2019 NBA Finals round, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by zero regular-season games but won home-court advantage via other means, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 12-11 (.522, for the team playing Game 1 at home) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1441 is the 41st best-of-7 NBA playoff series for the Houston Rockets, and the 20th for the Oklahoma City Thunder. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the Houston Rockets have an all-rounds series record of 19-21, a Preliminary-round series record of 5-7, and a Game 1 record of 18-22, while the Oklahoma City Thunder have an all-rounds series record of 10-9 (with an active four-series losing streak), a Preliminary-round series record of 5-4, and a Game 1 record of 10-9. Series 1441 is the third best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting between the Houston Rockets and the Oklahoma City Thunder. The two teams split the previous two best-of-7 NBA playoff series between them.