Pregame Primer: Thunder @ Clippers
Game Info
NBA.com preview | Tip-off: 9:30 PM | Broadcast: Local/League Pass
3 Big Things
- Best start ever? If OKC bests LAC, they'll be off to a 6-0 start, the franchise's best ever. They're the second-youngest team in the NBA.
- Best rebuild ever? If OKC bests LA, they'll also improve their 2025 draft stock. Los Angeles (2-3) is currently in the lottery and obliged to an Oklahoma City pick swap. It would be sacrilege to compare KD/Russ/Harden to SGA/Chet/JDub so soon, and probably ever. But the tank is still humming for this insanely successful rebuild, via other teams like the Clippers who still owe the Thunder draft compensation.
- Expectations. No amount of disciplined player messaging or media constraint will slow down the expectations for the Thunder this year. The championship-or-bust train is leaving the station.
The Oklahoma City Thunder are 5-0 for the first time since 2011.
— Thunder Film Room (@ThunderFilmRoom) November 2, 2024
Tying their best start in franchise history. They made the NBA finals that season…
Prediction
James Harden gets a quadruple double including turnovers, and the Thunder win by 11.
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