Cameron Matthews

Tristen Newton

Chase Jeter

Daishen Nix

John Knight III

Efe Abogidi

Caleb McConnell

Isaiah Todd

Jonathan Pierre

Vernon Carey Jr.

Isaiah Crawford

JD Davison

Stephen Mitchell

Payton Sandfort

Brooks Barnhizer

Kendall Munson

Bryce Thompson

Nikola Topić

Buddy Boeheim

Zhaire Smith

Dariq Whitehead

Kyle Rose

Marquis Barnett

Jabri Abdur-Rahim

Zackary Austin

Cameron Brown

Branden Carlson

Jazian Gortman

Anthony Pritchard

Matt Rafferty

Erik Aellig

Kenny Gardner

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (March 24, 2026)&nbsp;–&nbsp;The Rio Grande Valley Vipers (22-12), the NBA G League affiliate of the Houston Rockets, defeated the Oklahoma City Blue (12-22) 120-105 on Tuesday night at Paycom Center.



Oklahoma City led for the first seven minutes of the game, but RGV then gained its first lead of the game. However, a couple of back-and-forth plays occurred before the Vipers finally gained the upper hand, giving the visiting team a 39-30 advantage at the end of the opening quarter.



RGV held a 15-point lead at the half and extended it to 99-74 by the end of the third quarter. Oklahoma City made a couple of runs to narrow the gap on the Vipers, but it was not enough, and the Vipers walked away with a 120-105 win.



The Vipers scored 36 points off turnovers. The team also outscored the Blue in points in the paint (56-46), second chance points (15-9) and fast break points (20-13).



Houston Rockets two-way player Tristen Newton scored a career-high 43 points. Daishen Nix finished the game with 20 points followed by Caleb McConnell with 19 points.



Zhaire Smith led the Blue with 19 points followed by Marquis Barnett with 16 points. Both Kyle Rose and Nikola Topic scored 14 points each.

VIPERS CLOSE ROAD STRETCH WITH WIN IN OKLAHOMA CITY

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Showcase Cup Standings

Jump Ball Munson vs. Jeter: Tip to Barnhizer

Barnhizer Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P1.T1)

Munson 3' Running Finger Roll Layup (2 PTS) (Topic 1 AST)

Munson 3' Cutting Layup Shot (4 PTS) (Topic 2 AST)

Matthews 3' Running Dunk (2 PTS) (Newton 1 AST)

Sandfort 3' Alley Oop Layup (2 PTS) (Munson 1 AST)

Barnhizer Step Out of Bounds Turnover (P3.T4)

Newton 3' Running Layup (4 PTS) (Nix 1 AST)

Barnhizer 25' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Topic 3 AST)

Thompson 14' Fadeaway Jumper (2 PTS) (Barnhizer 1 AST)

Topic 5' Driving Floating Jump Shot (2 PTS)

Nix 2' Running Dunk (2 PTS) (Knight III 1 AST)

Barnhizer Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P4.T6)

Abogidi 5' Alley Oop Layup (2 PTS) (Nix 2 AST)

Jeter 4' Driving Layup (2 PTS) (Nix 3 AST)

Jeter 2' Running Layup (4 PTS) (McConnell 1 AST)

Rose 25' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Whitehead 1 AST)

Knight III 3' Driving Layup (2 PTS) (Nix 4 AST)

Rose 24' 3PT Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Smith 1 AST)

Abogidi Out of Bounds Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T3)

Barnhizer Out of Bounds Lost Ball Turnover (P5.T9)

Matthews 3' Running Dunk (4 PTS) (Knight III 2 AST)

Rose 3' Running Layup (8 PTS) (Boeheim 2 AST)

Newton 27' 3PT Jump Shot (9 PTS) (Knight III 3 AST)

Barnhizer 3' Cutting Layup Shot (5 PTS) (Smith 2 AST)

Rio Grande Valley Vipers

Oklahoma City Blue

Rio Grande Valley Vipers @ Oklahoma City Blue

Rio Grande Valley Vipers @
Oklahoma City Blue