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Oklahoma City Thunder (20-23, 11th in Western Conference) vs. Brooklyn Nets (27-14, 2nd in Eastern Conference)
New York; Sunday 6pm EST
Bottom line: When Brooklyn and Oklahoma City go head-to-head, the pairing of NBA best scorers Kevin Durant and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander will go head-to-head. Durant ranks sixth in the NBA with his 29.7 points per game average, while Gilgeous ranks him fourth in the league with his 30.7 points per game average.
The Nets are 13 wins and 6 losses at home. Brooklyn is Eastern he ranks ninth in his conference, led by Durant averaging 6.3 he has 32.8 his rebounds per game defensively.
Thunder is 7 to 14 years old on the way. Oklahoma City has a 9-9 record in 10-plus games.
Top performer: Nicholas Claxton is averaging 11.8 points, 8.3 rebounds and 2.6 blocks for the Nets. Kyrie Irving has his 3-pointers average 3.0 successful over the last 10 games in Brooklyn.
Josh Guiddy is averaging 15.7 points, 8 rebounds and 5.6 assists for the Thunder. Isaiah His Joe has averaged 1.9 of his 3-pointers in the last 10 games in Oklahoma City.
Last 10 games: Nets: 8-2, 117.6 points, 39.6 rebounds, 27.6 assists, 8.1 steals, 7.2 blocks, 53.0% field goal percentage. Opponents score an average of 107.9 points per game.
Thunder: 6-4, averaging 121.9 points, 43.1 rebounds, 24.4 assists, 9.0 steals, 5.2 blocks, 48.4% shooting from the field. Opponents are scoring an average of 114.8 points.
Injured: Nets: Kevin Durant: out (knee).
Thunder: Chet Holmgren: Missed (legs), Usman Dien: Missed (wrist), Alexei Poksevski: Missed (legs), Isaiah Joe: Daily Life (illness), Jeremiah Robinson-Ear: Missed ( ankle).
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The Associated Press produced this article using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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