After losing the first two games in Houston, Oklahoma City needed to step up at home in Game 3. The Thunder did that - but barely winning 115-113 on Friday.

Look for the superior team - Houston - to play better in this Game 4 and get the victory. The Rockets should play with more of a sense of urgency especially early after letting the Thunder build too big of a lead. Houston also is due to shoot better from 3-point range after hitting only 10 of 35 in Game 3 for 28.5 percent. The Rockets shot 35.7 percent from beyond the arc during the regular season.

Russell Westbrook is a Triple Double machine. He's going to get his numbers. But James Harden is just as good and the Rockets have the better scoring role players with Eric Gordon, Trevor Ariza, Ryan Anderson and Lou Williams. I don't envision Taj Gibson having another monster performance like he did for Oklahoma City on Friday.

The Rockets have dominated the Thunder from a pointspread perspective going 11-2 ATS during the past 13 meetings, including 6-0 ATS during the past six at Oklahoma City.