Houston Rockets vs Thunder playoff series schedule

HOUSTON – It's Clutch City time! The Rockets first-round playoff schedule against the Oklahoma City Thunder was released Wednesday night.

The Rockets come in as the Western Conference's No. 3 seed and the Thunder claimed the No. 6 seed after the regular season.

Houston will take on Oklahoma City in the first round, pitting James Harden and Russell Westbrook -- two of the top MVP candidates this season -- against one another.

Here's the NBA playoffs first-round schedule (*if necessary):

  • Game 1: Sun. Apr 16 Thunder at Rockets 8 p.m. CT
  • Game 2: Wed. Apr 19 Thunder at Rockets 7 p.m. CT
  • Game 3: Fri. Apr 21 Rockets at Thunder 8:30 p.m. CT
  • Game 4: Sun. Apr 23 Rockets at Thunder 2:30 p.m. CT
  • *Game 5: Tue. Apr 25 Thunder at Rockets TBD
  • *Game 6: Thu. Apr 27 Rockets at Thunder TBD
  • *Game 7: Sat. Apr 29 Thunder at Rockets TBD

Tickets for the Rockets' first two games of the NBA playoffs are on sale.

No game times have been announced for game 5, 6 and 7.

The team tweeted that tickets are available at this website.

Houston won its 55th win in the final game of the season Wednesday night against the Minnesota Timberwolves.