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Welcome to the game thread. The Rockets have been under-performing so far, and their last game was a 98-80 loss to the Russell Westbrook-less Oklahoma Thunder. It seems likely that James Harden and Chris Paul will lead the team to more than 80 points tonight, but anything can happen.