After a profitable preseason opener towards the San Antonio Spurs, the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder will hit the hardwood on the Paycom Middle for the primary time this season. To kick off the season in Oklahoma Metropolis, the membership welcomes the Houston Rockets, one other group from the Lone Star State.
After Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Lu Dort competed within the opener — since they each competed within the Olympics this summer season — the group may have everybody accessible for this recreation towards the Rockets.
It is a preseason competitors and has no weight on the season, however Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault can get a glimpse of the completely different lineups and the way sure gamers work collectively forward of the arrival of the common season.
Thunder:
Cason Wallace, questionable (ankle)
Jaylin Williams, absent (knee)
Kenrich Williams, absent (knee)
Nikola Subject, absent (knee)
Rockets:
No accidents to report.
It ought to be famous that Oklahoma Metropolis guard Cason Wallace suffered a minor ankle harm within the group’s first recreation. How a lot he performs – or whether or not he performs in any respect – will likely be one thing to notice through the exhibition competitors, particularly for the reason that group performs once more tomorrow night time.
The Rockets sat a handful of gamers of their preseason opener, so their harm statuses might actually change earlier than the competition.
Though that is an exhibition contest and key gamers will not play a lot within the recreation, the Thunder are a 5.5-point favourite. Once more, the star gamers will not play an excessive amount of and quite a lot of depth will play and roster adjustments will likely be made whereas the pinnacle coaches attempt to type out their groups.
Clearly, Oklahoma Metropolis is the a lot better group, though that does not imply a lot tonight. These video games, throughout the league, are unpredictable. Assuming the Thunder’s beginning lineup could make as massive an affect as they did within the final recreation, they might get off to a ok begin to get the win.
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