The Houston Rockets will visit the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday night for an NBA game that will be live streaming online FREE from the Chesapeake Energy Arena at 8:00 PM ET

The Rockets have defeated some of the NBA's top teams while rolling at home lately, and they'll look to take that strong play on the road as they embark on a three-game trip against more top competition.

They take on one of the two teams above them in the Western Conference when they open the trip Tuesday night against the struggling Thunder.

Behind the shooting of James Harden, the Rockets extended their win streak to five Sunday night, rallying to beat Portland 118-113 in overtime. Harden scored 41 points, including 17 in the fourth quarter, as Houston came back from a 12-point deficit to force the extra period. The Rockets then held the Trail Blazers without a point for the final 2:15 of overtime to seal the win.

The victory capped a week that saw the Rockets (44-19) also grab home wins over Miami and Indiana, the top two teams in the East.

"I think it's big. I think every game impacts the next game," said guard Jeremy Lin, who had 26 points against Portland. "You see guys go in crazy streaks and a lot of it is just keeping momentum or building off of whatever you've been working with."

The Rockets are third in the West, trailing conference-leader San Antonio by 2 1/2 games. The Thunder are one-half game behind the Spurs.

James Harden, acquired from Oklahoma City prior to the 2012-13 season, has struggled to beat his former team. The Thunder are 8-3 against the Rockets over the last two seasons, including a first-round series win in the playoffs last season and victories in both meetings in 2013-14. Harden is averaging 24.5 points but shooting 39.6 percent in those contests.

Oklahoma City has dropped two straight and five of eight since the All-Star break, losing 114-110 on the road to the lowly Lakers on Sunday.

"We worked on a lot of defensive things that we have to get better at," Brooks told the team's official website. "One of the things I love about our group is that we've always tried to figure out ways to do it together, whether we won a game or are not playing well and losing a game. We still want to figure out how to get better together."

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