Sunday night in the NBA world featured a battle between the top two teams in the Western Conference ladder — the Oklahoma City Thunder and Houston Rockets. The

The Houston Rockets made a statement with a 119-116 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder last night. The game was tight throughout, but the Rockets ultimately pulled away with the win with a Dillon Brooks jumper with 33.1 seconds left to go. Fred VanVleet ...

Houston’s rise began late last season as the Rockets made a push for the SoFi Play-In Tournament. Since March 1, Houston (30-13) has the third-best record in the NBA behind only Boston (34-9) and their opponent tonight – OKC (31-11)

Milwaukee and New York are back in the NBA Cup quarterfinals, just like they were a year ago.The other six remaining Cup contenders — Oklahoma City, Golden State, Houston, Dallas, Atlanta and Orlando — are heading there for the first time.

Thanks to Denver’s comeback over Golden State, the Rockets (15-7, 3-1) will host the Warriors (12-8, 3-1) in next week’s NBA Cup quarterfinal round.

Here's how the Magic, Bucks, Hawks, Knicks, Mavericks, Thunder, Warriors and Rockets measure up to each other, and how the NBA Cup could go.