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Opponent Breakdown The Thunder will be tested on the defensive end against the well-oiled San Antonio Spurs who commit the fewest turnovers per night (10.8) and tout the best assist to turnover ratio in the league. Spurs head coach Gregg Popovic rotates around nine players on any given night, seven of which average double figures in scoring. Leading the way is guard DeMar DeRozan who is one of five players in the league averaging at least 20 points, five rebounds and seven assists. Rudy Gay and Patty Mills bolster San Antonio’s bench with a combined 26.7 points per night and a total of 49 m...

Tip-Off Time: 6:30 p.m. CT Television: Fox Sports Oklahoma Thunder Status After a tough loss to close out 2020, the resilient Thunder responded with a full-team, 48-minute performance on Saturday to defeat Orlando on its home floor. It was a rematch of a game played only five days prior where the Magic outpaced the Thunder in the fourth quarter to win 118-107. The Thunder took those lessons it learned from its previous two matchups and put them to work in its first game of its five-game road trip. Balance and ball movement were the core principles on display against Orlando with six Thunder p...

Television: Fox Sports Oklahoma Thunder Status After falling to New Orleans 113-80 on New Year’s Eve, the Thunder will look to start the new year fresh with a five-game road trip on the East Coast. In the first leg of the trip, OKC will take on the Magic for the second time in five days. “Just build off of things that we can learn from [Friday] so we're going to the road 0-0. Take the first game and don't worry about any other one but first game,” said Thunder guard George Hill postgame. “We have Orlando coming up and we're sure going to watch film on Orlando's game last time and figu...

Television: Fox Sports Oklahoma Thunder Status OKC once again demonstrated its hard-nosed, competitive spirit after its third straight close-fought game. Through three quarters, the Thunder scrapped to not only keep the game close but tie the score on three occasions as Orlando shot 51 percent or better in all four quarters. The Thunder got energetic performances from players like Isaiah Roby who stepped into his first game of the season and dropped 19 points on 9 of 12 from the field. Off the bench, Thunder center Mike Muscala and guard Hamidou Diallo paced OKC’s second unit and combined f...

Television: Fox Sports Oklahoma Thunder Status In both of the Thunder’s first two games, the final result has been decided in the waning seconds of the game clock. First was a win against Charlotte that was sealed with a game-winning jumper by Shai Gilgeous-Alexander to start the season. Then on Monday, in the Thunder’s home opener against Utah, a back-and-forth contest once again came down to the final possession to determine a victor. The Jazz ultimately escaped OKC with a 110-109 victory. For two games now, Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault has been able to exercise late-game situatio...