{"id":212172,"date":"2025-10-09T16:49:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T16:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/212172\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T16:49:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T16:49:09","slug":"thunder-host-hornets-thursday-in-first-home-preseason-game-watch-on-ksbi-52","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/212172\/","title":{"rendered":"Thunder host Hornets Thursday in first home preseason game, watch on KSBI 52"},"content":{"rendered":"

A moments fans in OKC have been waiting on since the championship parade is finally here. Thursday\u2019s Thunder game offers fans their first in-person look at the reigning NBA champions. The Oklahoma City Thunder (1-1) continue their preseason slate Thursday night with their first home game against the Charlotte Hornets (0-1).<\/p>\n

When and Where to WatchDate: Thursday, Oct. 9Time: 7 p.m. CTLocation: Paycom Center Oklahoma City, OKTV: KSBI-52Thunder Preseason Results<\/p>\n

Oklahoma City is coming off a 106-89 loss to the Dallas Mavericks on Monday in Fort Worth. Rookie Brooks Barnhizer led OKC with 16 points, while Dallas rookie Cooper Flagg impressed in his NBA debut.<\/p>\n

Thunder show fight but fall to Mavericks in Fort Worth<\/a><\/p>\n

Head coach Mark Daigneault used a deep rotation again as the Thunder continued to emphasize development and rhythm over results early in the preseason.<\/p>\n

OKC Thunder open preseason with 135\u2013114 win over Hornets in Charleston<\/a>A Strong Start Against Charlotte<\/p>\n

When the two teams met Sunday in North Charleston, South Carolina, the Thunder cruised to a 135-114 victory behind balanced scoring and impressive offensive flow.<\/p>\n

With most of the main rotation resting, Usman Jang, Aaron Wiggins, and Jaylin Williams led the way. Williams was particularly sharp, knocking down five three-pointers, while rookie Nikola Topi\u0107 logged meaningful minutes in his first NBA action.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose guys went out there and played,\u201d Daigneault said after that game. \u201cThe ball moved really well and we got into a nice rhythm. It was a good starting point for us.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Wiggins echoed that sentiment, saying the team focused on growth and chemistry.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was more about us kind of growing as a team and working on the things we prioritize,\u201d Wiggins said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A moments fans in OKC have been waiting on since the championship parade is finally here. Thursday\u2019s Thunder…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":212173,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[119098,860,11949,761,760,2442,56216,120882,355,31514,23280,12204,6402,5614,99,120883],"class_list":["post-212172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-aaron-wiggins","tag-charleston","tag-charlotte-hornets","tag-cooper-flagg","tag-dallas-mavericks","tag-fort-worth","tag-jaylin-williams","tag-mark-daigneault","tag-nba","tag-nikola-topic","tag-north-charleston","tag-okc","tag-oklahoma-city-thunder","tag-south-carolina","tag-sports","tag-usman-jang"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212172\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}