Oklahoma City Thunder (46-11, first in the Western Conference) vs. Brooklyn Nets (21-36, 11th in the Eastern Conference)
New York; Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: The Oklahoma City Thunder take on the Brooklyn Nets in a non-conference matchup.
The Nets have gone 9-18 at home. Brooklyn is 7-22 in games decided by 10 or more points.
The Thunder have gone 20-7 away from home. Oklahoma City scores 118.4 points while outscoring opponents by 12.7 points per game.
The Nets are shooting 44.0% from the field this season, 0.8 percentage points higher than the 43.2% the Thunder allow to opponents. The Thunder are shooting 47.5% from the field, 0.2% lower than the 47.7% the Nets' opponents have shot this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Nic Claxton is averaging 10.1 points, 7.5 rebounds and 1.5 blocks for the Nets. Ziaire Williams is averaging 2.0 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.
Jalen Williams is scoring 21.0 points per game and averaging 5.5 rebounds for the Thunder. Aaron Wiggins is averaging 2.5 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Nets: 7-3, averaging 101.5 points, 43.9 rebounds, 24.4 assists, 9.7 steals and 7.6 blocks per game while shooting 44.5% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 98.8 points per game.
Thunder: 8-2, averaging 125.2 points, 47.6 rebounds, 28.0 assists, 9.7 steals and 6.5 blocks per game while shooting 48.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 110.5 points.
INJURIES: Nets: Cam Thomas: day to day (hamstring), D'Angelo Russell: day to day (ankle), De'Anthony Melton: out for season (acl), Noah Clowney: out (ankle).
Thunder: Chet Holmgren: day to day (rest), Nikola Topic: out for season (acl), Ajay Mitchell: out (toe).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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