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NBA.com preview | Tip: 9:30 PM | Broadcast: Local/League Pass

3 big things

• Best start ever? If OKC beats LAC, they’ll be off to a 6-0 start, the franchise’s best ever. They are the second youngest team in the NBA.
• Best renovation ever? If OKC beats LA, they will also improve their 2025 draft stock. Los Angeles (2-3) is currently in the lottery and is required to make a pick swap in Oklahoma City. It would be sacrilege to compare KD/Russ/Harden to SGA/Chet/JDub so soon, and probably ever. But the tank is still humming because of this wildly successful rebuild, via other teams like the Clippers, who still owe the Thunder draft compensation.
• Expectations. No amount of disciplined messaging from players or media restrictions will slow expectations for the Thunder this year. The champion-or-bust train leaves the station.

Prediction

James Harden gets a quadruple-double including turnovers, and the Thunder win by 11.

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