The Oklahoma City Thunder lost its Sunday night contest to the Houston Rockets 119-116 in the teams' first meeting against each other this season. With Houston's win, the Rockets creep closer to OKC in the first spot in the West, now sitting just one game ...

The Houston Rockets are waking up winners after beating the Oklahoma City Thunder 126-107 inside Toyota Center on Sunday evening. In the win, Rockets point guard Fred VanVleet played his best game of the season by dropping a season-high 38 points.

Fred VanVleet had a season-high 38 points and Dillon Brooks made a go-ahead jump shot late to help the Houston Rockets to a 119-116 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder Sunday night.

Fred VanVleet scored a game-high 38 points and Dillon Brooks nailed a midrange jumper to beat the shot clock and give Houston the lead for good as the host Rockets eked out a 119-116 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday in a matchup between the top two seeds in the Western Conference.

Fred VanVleet had a stellar game Sunday as the veteran poured in 38 points to lead the Rockets past the first-place Thunder.

Those two shots in the final moments were the daggers in the Oklahoma City Thunder's 119-115 loss to the Houston Rockets. A December regular-season contest resembled closer to a playoff outing than a run-on-the-mill game.

The Oklahoma City Thunder suffered a close 119-116 loss to the Houston Rockets on Sunday. It was a poor finish to an otherwise productive four-game road trip. In a chaotic finish, Fred VanVleet and Dillon Brook hit clutch shots in the final moments to seal the result.