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.