Thunder Look To Bounce Back After Ugly Road Trip
The Oklahoma City Thunder play host to the Utah Jazz at Paycom Center on Wednesday evening.

This marks the first game back home after a three game road trip for the Thunder (6-11), where they went winless. They will be looking to end their three-game slide and get back on track with the hope of building on their, 4-4, home record. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (ankle) did not play in the Thunder's most recent contest, on Monday, and remains questionable for action on Wednesday. Without Gilgeous-Alexander, the Thunder went big with their starting lineup, with Derrick Favors, Darius Bazley and Jeremiah Robinson-Earl up front, and Josh Giddey and Luguentz Dort in the backcourt. Aleksej Pokusevski picked up some extra minutes off the bench, along with Aaron Wiggins and Ty Jerome. The Thunder are averaging a league-low, 98.7 points per game, while they are giving up an average of 106.0 points against.

Meanwhile, the Jazz (11-6) will be looking to bounce back from a home loss in their most recent contest, where they fell short by one point against the Grizzlies on Monday. They have had decent success on the road this season, where they have a, 5-3, record, so far. Donovan Mitchell leads the team, averaging 24.4 points, 4.3 rebounds, 4.7 assists and 1.9 steals per game. Bojan Bogdanovic is averaging 16.6 points, while shooting 44 percent from the field, including 37 percent from long range. Rudy Gobert continues to hold it down in the paint, averaging 15.3 points, 15.1 rebounds 1.8 blocks and 1.0 steals per game. Additionally, Jordan Clarkson continues to provide instant offense off the bench, averaging 15.3 points per game. The Jazz are averaging 112.5 points per game, which is second most in the league, while they are holding opponents to an average of 103.4 points per game, which is sixth lowest in the league.
Posted on: 11/23/2021 2:55 PM