NBA schedule 2012: Thunder to face Rockets on the road

The Oklahoma City Thunder will play one game over the weekend. The team travels to the Toyota Center on Saturday to face off against the Houston Rockets. The game starts at 7 p.m CT, with coverage on CSN Houston and Fox Sports.

The other two elite Western Conference teams, the San Antonio Spurs and the Los Angeles Clippers, will each play a pair of games over the weekend. San Antonio will face Houston at home on Friday night, then will travel to the American Airlines Center to take on the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday night. The Clippers will face the Utah Jazz in Salt Lake City on Friday, and then will host Utah in the Staples Center on Sunday night.

The rest of the Northwest division is in action over the weekend. The Denver Nuggets play a pair of road games, traveling to Dallas for a Friday night game against the Mavericks, and a Saturday night road game against the Memphis Grizzlies. The Portland Trail Blazers will face the Los Angeles Lakers in the Staples Center on Friday, then will host the Philadelphia 76ers in the Rose Garden on Saturday. The Minnesota Timberwolves only play one game, a home matchup against the Phoenix Suns.

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