{"id":506313,"date":"2026-10-24T07:38:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T07:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/506313\/"},"modified":"2026-10-24T07:38:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T07:38:07","slug":"oklahoma-city-hosts-conference-rival-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/506313\/","title":{"rendered":"Oklahoma City hosts conference rival Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Los Angeles Clippers (1-1, seventh in the Western Conference) vs. Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a> (2-0, second in the Western Conference)<\/p>\n

Oklahoma City; Sunday, 7 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n

BOTTOM LINE: Los Angeles plays Oklahoma City in Western Conference action Sunday.<\/p>\n

Oklahoma City went 64-18 overall, 41-11 in Western Conference action and 34-8 at home during the 2025-26 season. The Thunder averaged 119.0 points per game while allowing opponents to score 107.9 last season.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles went 42-40 overall and 25-27 in Western Conference play during the 2025-26 season. The Clippers averaged 23.7 assists per game on 40.5 made field goals last season.<\/p>\n

INJURIES: Thunder: Nikola Topic<\/a>: day to day (back), Thomas Sorber<\/a>: day to day (knee), Otega Oweh<\/a>: out for season (achilles).<\/p>\n

Clippers: Max Strus<\/a>: out (foot), Yanic Konan Niederhauser<\/a>: day to day (lisfranc), Jordan Miller<\/a>: out (shoulder), Brandon Ingram<\/a>: day to day (heel), Bradley Beal<\/a>: day to day (knee).<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive<\/a> and data from Sportradar<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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