{"id":139739,"date":"2026-02-20T07:31:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T07:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/139739\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T07:31:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T07:31:09","slug":"brooklyn-visits-oklahoma-city-on-3-game-road-skid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/139739\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn visits Oklahoma City on 3-game road skid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/brooklyn-nets-team\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brooklyn Nets<\/a> (15-39, 13th in the Eastern Conference) vs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/oklahoma-city-thunder-team\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a> (42-14, first in the Western Conference)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">Oklahoma City; Friday, 8 p.m. EST<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Thunder -16.5; over\/under is 211.5<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">BOTTOM LINE: Brooklyn will attempt to stop its three-game road slide when the Nets face Oklahoma City.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">The Thunder have gone 22-7 at home. Oklahoma City is seventh in the Western Conference with 25.5 assists per game led by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/shai-gilgeous-alexander-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shai Gilgeous-Alexander<\/a> averaging 6.4.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">The Nets are 7-20 in road games. Brooklyn is the worst team in the Eastern Conference scoring 43.2 points per game in the paint.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">The Thunder average 13.5 made 3-pointers per game this season, 1.1 more made shots on average than the 12.4 per game the Nets give up. The Nets average 107.2 points per game, 0.8 fewer than the 108.0 the Thunder give up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">TOP PERFORMERS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/cason-wallace-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cason Wallace<\/a> is averaging 8.1 points and two steals for the Thunder. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/isaiah-joe-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Isaiah Joe<\/a> is averaging 14.4 points over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/noah-clowney-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Noah Clowney<\/a> is scoring 12.9 points per game and averaging 4.2 rebounds for the Nets. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/michael-porter-jr-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Porter<\/a> Jr. is averaging 14.1 points and 3.8 rebounds over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">LAST 10 GAMES: Thunder: 5-5, averaging 112.5 points, 43.4 rebounds, 25.3 assists, 8.5 steals and 5.0 blocks per game while shooting 46.0% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 108.1 points per game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">Nets: 3-7, averaging 104.2 points, 43.3 rebounds, 26.0 assists, 7.0 steals and 3.5 blocks per game while shooting 45.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 114.0 points.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">INJURIES: Thunder: Ajay Mitchell: out (abdomen), Branden Carlson: day to day (back), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/jalen-williams-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jalen Williams<\/a>: out (hamstring), Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: out (abdomen), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/thomas-sorber-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Thomas Sorber<\/a>: out for season (knee), Isaiah Hartenstein: day to day (rest).<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">Nets: Nic Claxton: out (ankle).<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">___<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brooklyn Nets (15-39, 13th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Oklahoma City Thunder (42-14, first in the Western Conference)&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":87202,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,355,99,59035,54398,59036,59038,4600,4568,9,24,4610,63,9132,30530,59037],"class_list":{"0":"post-139739","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brooklyn","8":"tag-brooklyn","9":"tag-brooklyn-headlines","10":"tag-brooklyn-nets","11":"tag-brooklyn-news","12":"tag-cason-wallace","13":"tag-event_preview","14":"tag-isaiah-joe","15":"tag-jalen-williams","16":"tag-michael-porter-jr","17":"tag-national-basketball-association","18":"tag-new-york","19":"tag-new-york-city","20":"tag-noah-clowney","21":"tag-nyc","22":"tag-oklahoma-city-thunder","23":"tag-shai-gilgeous-alexander","24":"tag-thomas-sorber"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139739\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}