Tonight the Oklahoma City Thunder head to Los Angeles with one goal in mind: to remove the banner of being the "NBA's worst record". We've owned that title for most of the season, and it's time to get rid of it for good. Thankfully our opponents tonight are the Clippers and not the league leading Lakers. The Clippers are struggling now (as they have been most of the season) going 1-9 over their past ten games. With a win tonight, the Thunder will move into 28th ahead of both the Clippers and the Wizards who will be tied for worst at 9-33.
One big obstacle standing in the Thunder's way of a victory tonight is the fact that they're 0-2 against the Clippers this season and both of those games were played at home. In both contests, OKC managed a mere 88 points while the Clippers scored 108 in the first and 98 in the second. The Clippers have been sputtering as of late due to injuries to key players (Marcus Camby, Baron Davis, Chris Kaman, and Zach Randolph are all averaging 10+ points per game and all are hurt), so 88 points may be enough to take the win tonight, but the Thunder should hopefully put up more than that.
The Thunder have a lot to play for tonight, so hopefully they won't show up weary from Wednesday night's fast-paced game. Now is a great time to build up some wins with many of our cohorts at the bottom of the NBA on the schedule for the next couple of weeks. Tonight's game should give the Thunder their second "two wins in a row" stretch in as many weeks. I see this one going down 98-85 in favor of OKC.
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