- Match Date: Wednesday, February 05, 2020
- What Time: 8:00 PM (ET)
- Where Is It Being Played: Chesapeake Energy Arena
- TV Channel: FSOH, FSOK
The Oklahoma City Thunder(31-20) defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers(13-39), 109-103, behind 30 points from Dennis Schroder,.
We have a non-conference NBA matchup to consider when the Cleveland Cavaliers meet the Oklahoma City Thunder for game two of their two-game season series. The Cavaliers are 13-38 this season and enter this matchup hoping to end a four-game losing streak. The Thunder are 34-20 this season and are hoping to extend a two-game winning streak when they host the Cavaliers.
Cavaliers Four Game Losing Streak
The Cavaliers have lost four of their last five games and are 30 games behind the Milwaukee Bucks for the top spot in the Eastern Conference. Wednesday marks a one-off road trip before returning to Cleveland for a two-game homestand. Cleveland is 7-17 as the away team and has lost four of their last five road games. The Cavaliers are currently 9.5 games behind the Orlando Magic for the eighth seed in the East.
Cleveland scores 106.1 points while allowing 115 points per game and is shooting 45.4 percent from the field, 34.9 percent from downtown and 76.7 percent from the charity stripe this season.
The Cavaliers have six players scoring in double figures and are led by guard Collin Sexton. Sexton scores an average of 19.8 points per game with 3.2 caroms and 2.6 assists per game. Sexton drains 36.1 percent of his triple attempts this season and scored 29 points with seven assists in the Cavaliers overtime home loss to the New York Knicks.
Thunder Two Game Winning Streak
The Thunder have won four of their last five games and if the regular season were to end today, Oklahoma City would be the seventh seed in the Western Conference. Wednesday marks game one of a four-game homestand and the Thunder is 15-10 this season at home and has won two of its last five home games.
Oklahoma City scores 110.5 points while allowing 107.9 points per game and is shooting 47 percent from the field, 35.2 percent from downtown and 80.4 percent from the charity stripe this season.
The Thunder have five players scoring in double figures and are led by guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. Gilgeous-Alexander scores an average of 19.4 points per game with 6.2 caroms and3.2 assists per game. Gilgeous-Alexander drains 33.5 percent of his triple attempts this season and scored 12 points with nine rebounds and four assists in the Thunder road win over Phoenix.
The Oklahoma City Thunder are an American professional basketball team based in Oklahoma City. The Thunder compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league’s Western Conference Northwest Division.[8][9] The team plays its home games at Chesapeake Energy Arena.[10]
The Thunder’s NBA G League affiliate is the Oklahoma City Blue, which it owns.[11][12] The Thunder are the only team in the major professional North American sports leagues based in the state of Oklahoma.[13] Oklahoma City previously hosted the New Orleans Hornets (now the Pelicans) for two seasons following devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.
The team was originally established as the Seattle SuperSonics, an expansion team that joined the NBA for the 1967–68 season. The SuperSonics moved in 2008 after a settlement was reached between the ownership group led by Clay Bennett and lawmakers in Seattle, Washington following a lawsuit. In Seattle, the SuperSonics qualified for the NBA playoffs 22 times, won their division six times, advanced to three NBA Finals, and won the 1979 NBA Championship. In Oklahoma City, the Thunder qualified for their first playoff berth during the 2009–10 season. They won their first division title as the Thunder in the 2010–11 season and their first Western Conference championship as the Thunder in the 2011–12 season, appearing in the NBA Finals for the fourth time in franchise history and first time since 1996, when the team was based in Seattle.
Cavaliers Four Game Losing Streak
The Cavaliers have lost four of their last five games and are 30 games behind the Milwaukee Bucks for the top spot in the Eastern Conference. Wednesday marks a one-off road trip before returning to Cleveland for a two-game homestand. Cleveland is 7-17 as the away team and has lost four of their last five road games. The Cavaliers are currently 9.5 games behind the Orlando Magic for the eighth seed in the East.
Cleveland scores 106.1 points while allowing 115 points per game and is shooting 45.4 percent from the field, 34.9 percent from downtown and 76.7 percent from the charity stripe this season.
The Cavaliers have six players scoring in double figures and are led by guard Collin Sexton. Sexton scores an average of 19.8 points per game with 3.2 caroms and 2.6 assists per game. Sexton drains 36.1 percent of his triple attempts this season and scored 29 points with seven assists in the Cavaliers overtime home loss to the New York Knicks.
Thunder Two Game Winning Streak
The Thunder have won four of their last five games and if the regular season were to end today, Oklahoma City would be the seventh seed in the Western Conference. Wednesday marks game one of a four-game homestand and the Thunder is 15-10 this season at home and has won two of its last five home games.
Oklahoma City scores 110.5 points while allowing 107.9 points per game and is shooting 47 percent from the field, 35.2 percent from downtown and 80.4 percent from the charity stripe this season.
The Thunder have five players scoring in double figures and are led by guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. Gilgeous-Alexander scores an average of 19.4 points per game with 6.2 caroms and3.2 assists per game. Gilgeous-Alexander drains 33.5 percent of his triple attempts this season and scored 12 points with nine rebounds and four assists in the Thunder road win over Phoenix.
The Oklahoma City Thunder are an American professional basketball team based in Oklahoma City. The Thunder compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league’s Western Conference Northwest Division.[8][9] The team plays its home games at Chesapeake Energy Arena.[10]
The Thunder’s NBA G League affiliate is the Oklahoma City Blue, which it owns.[11][12] The Thunder are the only team in the major professional North American sports leagues based in the state of Oklahoma.[13] Oklahoma City previously hosted the New Orleans Hornets (now the Pelicans) for two seasons following devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.
The team was originally established as the Seattle SuperSonics, an expansion team that joined the NBA for the 1967–68 season. The SuperSonics moved in 2008 after a settlement was reached between the ownership group led by Clay Bennett and lawmakers in Seattle, Washington following a lawsuit. In Seattle, the SuperSonics qualified for the NBA playoffs 22 times, won their division six times, advanced to three NBA Finals, and won the 1979 NBA Championship. In Oklahoma City, the Thunder qualified for their first playoff berth during the 2009–10 season. They won their first division title as the Thunder in the 2010–11 season and their first Western Conference championship as the Thunder in the 2011–12 season, appearing in the NBA Finals for the fourth time in franchise history and first time since 1996, when the team was based in Seattle.
