Sunday, April 1st, New Orleans Pelicans versus Oklahoma City Thunder.
The OKC Thunder are one of the more interesting teams in the NBA. For one, they have a big three featuring Russell Westbrook, Paul George, and Carmelo Anthony. When this arrangement of players happened just before the preseason began, it was expected that OKC would run away with the Western Conference.
That hasn’t been the case. OKC has struggled to beat bad teams like Brooklyn, Sacramento, and even Orlando. On the other side, they have beaten Golden State twice this season. They have beaten Houston and a 148-124 win in Cleveland versus the Cavs.
The OKC Thunder are the team with two different personalities. One where everything goes right offensively, and one where nothing goes right offensively. Also noteworthy, the Thunder are without their elite defender Andre Roberson who will miss the rest of the season. This will be the fourth and final meeting of these Western Conference teams.