Thunder's joyride ends after defeat

Jalen Green and Alperen Sengun mustered 65 points as the Houston Rockets halted Oklahoma City's 11-game winning streak on Friday with a statement 125-111 victory.

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In a potential Western Conference finals preview, the Rockets produced a dominant second-half performance to foil the top-seeded Thunder's six-game prepartions for the postseason.

Green finished with 34 points from 11-of-24 shooting while Turkish big man Sengun made 31 points as second-placed Oklahoma City grabbed the lead in the opening minutes of the first quarter, but Houston soon knocked the Thunder out of their stride with a physical approach to move into the lead before building a 23-point advantage late in the second quarter.

Houston maintained a 20-point cushion with 2min 26sec remaining in the fourth quarter before a Thunder rally cut the gap to single digits early in the fourth.

But Houston coolly regrouped and snuffed out any chance of a comeback from Oklahoma City.

Houston coach Ime Udoka reflected the aggressive scorching approach of Sengun and teammate Green.

"It was in attack mode the whole time. Ime and Alperen were a great combination tonight," Udoka said of Sengun. "We're hard to beat when those two are going like that."