The Houston Rockets are winners of two straight games against the Cleveland Cavaliers, who held the best record in the NBA before their recent losing streak. Th

After a 118-108 win against the Portland Trail Blazers, Oklahoma City Thunder center Isaiah Hartenstein reflected on his early years in the NBA, playing for the Houston Rockets and Los Angeles Clippers head coach Tyronn Lue.

While regular season games can begin to feel monotonous during an 82-game NBA season, Oklahoma City is using each opportunity to improve.

The Thunder split their four games since beating Cleveland in a rematch of the league’s top two teams. They got back on track Sunday with a 118-108 win at Portland after a rare home loss to Dallas in the second of a back-to-back. OKC is 20-3 at home.

The good news for the Suns and their fans is that the Rockets currently possess a handful of picks belonging to Phoenix. If the Suns wanted to pursue a rebuild, there are few better trade partners to link up with than the Rockets.

Blazers center Robert Williams III is the center of attention in trade rumors, especially with Ime Udoka and the Rockets interested.

As of Sunday night, the Rockets are sixth in the league in net rating at +6.1. Their defense is third in the league with a defensive rating of 107.3. But the offense has now crept all the way up to eleventh league-wide with an offensive rating of 113.4. Houston is inching closer to having both a top 10 defense and offense.

The Nets got a look at the team they hope to be one day during Sunday's blowout loss to the Thunder in Oklahoma City.

The Rockets sit second in the Western Conference and just beat the Cavaliers twice in four days, knocking them from the top spot in the NBA.

Utah now continues its road trip against the best in the west, the Oklahoma City Thunder.

It was a virtuoso display from a player that many consider as the front-runner for this season’s Most Valuable Player award Read more at straitstimes.com.

Adding Isaiah Hartenstein was a stroke of genius from the Thunder front office. Granted, it was the most obvious move of the offseason, but NBA front offices don't always make the obvious moves, so a tip of the cap to OKC on that one. With Hartenstein in the lineup, this team is 23-2.