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A couple of the best teams in the West that are also full of youth face of on Monday, March 3 when the Oklahoma City Thunder host the Houston Rockets at Paycom Center in Oklahoma City.

The Houston Rockets lost to the Western Conference No. 1 Oklahoma City Thunder on Monday night, but not in the way most people anticipated. One game after returning to full strength, the Rockets were depleted in Oklahoma City and a matchup between two playoff contenders lost its intrigue — until tipoff.