Once Upon A Time In Las Vegas – Wildcard Edition
Oklahoma City will play the second game of a four-game road trip when it travels to Chicago on Friday night. The Thunder had their two-game winning streak snapped in a loss to Miami on Tuesday—this story was published prior to their game in Philadelphia on Thursday. Chicago has lost consecutive games to Boston and Washington, falling to four games below the .500 mark.
Oklahoma City has been unable to overcome several losing streaks so far this season, but the Thunder are still playing better than experts predicted following Chet Holmgren’s preseason injury. They have won seven of their last 12 games coming into Thursday night’s game at Philadelphia. Oklahoma City won a pair of games against Washington and Dallas over the weekend before losing to Miami by one point on Tuesday night. The Thunder held a five-point lead with less than two minutes remaining, but they were ultimately unable to overcome Miami shooting 40 of 40 from the charity stripe, which was an NBA record.
The second All-Star fan voting returns are in! ??
Shai is 4th among Western Conference guards with 1,338,764 votes.
Votes count 3x tomorrow.
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Keep voting Shai! ?? https://t.co/2FFNkzxxzm pic.twitter.com/N4bFnVIBJq&mdas h; OKC THUNDER (@okcthunder) January 12, 2023
The Thunder are currently amid a four-game road trip that concludes with a matchup at Brooklyn on Sunday night. They come into Thursday’s slate ranked ninth in the NBA in scoring, averaging 116.3 points per game. Star shooting guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander leads the way with 30.8 points, 5.6 assists and 4.8 rebounds. Point guard Josh Giddey is scoring 15.3 points, grabbing 8.0 rebounds and dishing out 5.6 assists. He had the sixth triple-double of his career in the loss to Miami earlier this week. The Thunder have not been able to nail down a consistent lineup this season, using 20 different lineups in 41 games. They are facing a Chicago defense that is No. 18 in the NBA, allowing 114.9 points per game.
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