The Oklahoma City Thunder will visit the Houston Rockets tonight in an NBA 2014 game that will be live stream online free from Houston at 9:30 PM ET. Live Streaming of this game will be available at bet365.com

James Harden will look for a better performance than his last time out against his former team when he and the Thunder's Kevin Durant square off Thursday night in a matchup of two of the NBA's top scorers.

Harden, who won the NBA's Sixth Man award after his final season in Oklahoma City, has gone 1-3 against the Thunder in the regular season while with Houston. He scored a career-best 46 points in the lone victory, a 122-119 win on Feb. 20. Harden and the Rockets were also ousted from last season's playoffs by Oklahoma City in six games.

The aggressive guard, who is averaging 24.6 points, had his lowest total of the season in Houston's first meeting with the Thunder, finishing with eight points on 2-of-9 shooting in a 117-86 road loss on Dec. 29. It was one of only four games this season in which Houston has been held below 90 points.

But Harden has bounced back nicely, scoring 29.3 points per game to help the Rockets (26-14) go 5-2 since that loss. He is shooting 48.4 percent from the field since Dec. 31.

The only NBA player that seems to be having a better time of it in the new year is Durant, who is averaging 34.8 points in Oklahoma City's last eight games. The Thunder (28-10), however, have lost five of those contests.

The Rockets come into this matchup having won three straight, all on the road, following a 103-100 win at New Orleans on Wednesday. Harden hit a tiebreaking jumper with 28 seconds to go to cap a fourth-quarter rally from 17 down. Harden had 26 points and seven assists.

"We have to play the same way every night, and we didn't bring that effort in the beginning," said Dwight Howard, who chipped in with 12 points and 11 rebounds. "We picked it up late in the game, but we have to really start games better."

The Thunder have one of the better post defenses in the NBA, allowing only 38.3 points per game in the paint. Still, the team can be vulnerable near the basket.

Memphis scored 42 points down low in a 90-87 win over Oklahoma City on Tuesday. The Thunder's defensive struggles also translated to the offensive end, where they shot 23.8 percent from 3-point range.

"We talk about that with the group all the time. It's connected," coach Scott Brooks told the team's official website. "Bad defense leads to bad offense. You have to be able to be good at both of them if you want to be a good team in this league. We strive to be a good team and a consistent team."

Durant, who had 33 points and 13 rebounds in the first meeting with Houston, scored 37 against the Grizzlies -- giving him at least 30 in five of his last six games. He scored 48 points twice in that span and is averaging an NBA-leading 29.8 on the season.

The game will also be broadcast nationally on the TNT Network.