Oklahoma City Thunder faces New Orleans’ Pélicans in the NBA Summer League, the last of the swimming pool matches. The OKC Thunder enters this undefeated game while the Pélicans fly in Winless in Vegas.
Oklahoma City played an excellent basketball led by its second-year-old ball manager Ajay Mitchell and the n ° 12 Choice of Nikola’s subject NBA, making its NBA debut after the rehabilitation of an ACL tear.
The Thunder brought Branden Carlson back into the action of the NBA summer league during Tuesday’s victory against Orlando Magic. Carlson, a double -meaning contractual center that shone a year ago, started summer away due to an ankle sprain.
Here is everything you need to know about today’s match.
The Thunder enters the day as a 10-point favorites against New Orleans Pelicans, and the total of more / less is 179.5 points.
It is not known if Mitchell, delete and Carlson will remain in the alignment for Oklahoma City. Historically, the teams closed the NBA players deeper into the summer league. The matches take place. However, this distance is already an unexplored territory so that OKC still places players under contract on the field. Maybe the Thunder will continue to reverse this trend.
If this is the case, the subject will be the largest draw for this competition. His death dazzled throughout the summer league, but made another step on Tuesday playing alongside Carlson. Having a seven functional feet that can mark beyond the arc and on the edge allows the Thunder Guard to open the offensive.
Oklahoma City saw Mitchell be the best floor player in each summer league match, tonight should not be different if the second round 2024 is accompanied again. His ability to go to the edge is special and continues to show why he was a basic food for the rotation of Mark Daignault before injuring himself.
Despite the 0 for 3 Tuesday, Chris Youngblood continues to plead in favor of the third and last double -direction place on the alignment of Oklahoma City. The typical sniper has returned his best defensive performances in this outing and has at least two other shots to continue to impress.
Oklahoma City Thunder (3-0) against New Orleans Pélicans (0-3)
The NBA does not publish reports on injuries for the NBA summer league games.
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Oklahoma City Thunder wraps the swimming pool games in their match with New Orleans Pelicans. With Connor Johnson’s undefeated club, the Thunder still has a chance to win the NBA summer league title after winning the NBA championship three weeks ago. We do not know if the Thunder will be gray for the honor by continuing to play Ajay Mitchell, Nikola Topic and Branden Carlson or not.
Then, whatever the result, Oklahoma City will play a fifth summer league match which will be announced by the NBA after today’s action.
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