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OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER 2016-17 GAME NOTES GAME #9 HOME GAME #6 OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER vs. LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS (6-2) (7-1) CHESAPEAKE ENERGY ARENA ٠ (7:00 PM (CST ٠ NOVEMBER 11, 2016 ٠ FRIDAY 2016-17 SCHEDULE/RESULTS .. … OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER PROBABLE STARTERS … NO DATE OPP W/L **TV/RECORD No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Birthdate Prior to NBA/Home Country Yrs. Pro 1 10/26 @ PHI W, 103-97 1-0 2 10/28 vs. PHX W, 113-110 (OT) 2-0 21 Andre Roberson F 6-7 210 12/04/91 Colorado/USA 4 3 10/30 vs. LAL W, 113-96 3-0 4 11/2 @ LAC W, 85-83 4-0 3 Domantas Sabonis F 6-11 240 05/03/96 Gonzaga/Lithuania R 5 11/3 @ GSW L, 96-122 4-1 12 Steven Adams C 7-0 255 07/20/93 Pittsburgh/New Zealand 4 6 11/5 vs. MIN W, 112-92 5-1 5 Victor Oladipo G 6-4 210 05/04/92 Indiana/USA 4 7 11/7 vs. MIA W, 97-85 6-1 8 11/9 vs. TOR W, 102-112 6-2 0 Russell Westbrook G 6-3 200 11/12/88 UCLA/USA 9 9 11/11 vs. LAC FSO/NBATV 10 11/13 vs. ORL FSO 11 11/14 @ DET FSO …… OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER RESERVES … 12 11/16 vs. HOU FSO 13 11/18 vs. BKN FSO 8 Alex Abrines G/F 6-6 190 08/01/93 FC Barcelona/Spain R 14 11/20 vs. IND FSO 6 Semaj Christon G 6-3 190 11/01/92 Xavier/USA R 15 11/22 @ LAL FSO/NBATV 4 Nick Collison F 6-10 255 10/26/80 Kansas/USA 13 16 11/23 @ SAC FSO 17 11/25 @ DEN FSO 9 Jerami Grant F 6-9 220 03/12/94 Syracuse/USA 3 18 11/26 vs. DET FSO 34 Josh Huestis F 6-7 230 12/19/91 Stanford/USA 2 19 11/28 @ NYK FSO 20 11/30 vs. WAS FSO 11 Enes Kanter C 6-11 245 05/20/92 Kentucky/Turkey 6 21 12/4 vs. NOP FSO 77 Joffrey Lauvergne C/F 6-11 220 09/30/91 BC Khimki/France 3 22 12/5 @ ATL FSO 2 Anthony Morrow G 6-5 210 09/27/85 Georgia Tech/USA 9 23 12/9 vs. HOU FSO/ESPN 24 12/11 vs. BOS FSO 22 Cameron Payne G 6-3 185 08/08/94 Murray State/USA 2 25 12/13 @ POR FSO/ESPN 15 Kyle Singler F 6-8 228 05/04/88 Duke/USA 5 26 12/14 @ UTA FSO 27 12/17 vs. PHX FSO 28 12/19 vs. ATL FSO … OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER STAFF … 29 12/21 @ NOP FSO 30 12/23 @ BOS FSO/NBATV 31 12/25 vs. MIN FSO/ESPN HEAD COACH Billy Donovan (Providence) 32 12/27 @ MIA FSO/NBATV 33 12/29 @ MEM FSO ASSISTANT COACHES Adrian Griffin (Seton Hall) 34 12/31 vs. LAC FSO Maurice Cheeks (West Texas State) 35 1/2 @ MIL FSO Anthony Grant (Dayton) 36 1/4 @ CHA FSO 37 1/5 @ HOU FSO/TNT Mark Bryant (Seton Hall) 38 1/7 vs. DEN FSO Darko Rajakovic (BK University, Serbia) 39 1/9 @ CHI FSO Vin Bhavnani (USC) 40 1/11 vs. MEM FSO 41 1/13 @ MIN FSO Royal Ivey (Texas) 42 1/15 @ SAC FSO QUALITY CONTROL COACH Billy Schmidt (Wake Forest) 43 1/16 @ LAC TNT DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL SERVICES Donnie Strack (Indianapolis) 44 1/18 @ GSW FSO/ESPN 45 1/23 @ UTA FSO ATHLETIC TRAINER Joe Sharpe (Old Dominion) 46 1/25 @ NOP FSO ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE COORDINATOR Dave Howarth (Western Sydney) 47 1/26 vs. DAL FSO/TNT 48 1/29 @ CLE ABC 49 1/31 @ SAS FSO 2016-17 RECORDS …….. 50 2/1 vs. CHI ESPN RECORDS BY MONTH/DAY … 51 2/3 vs. MEM FSO 52 2/5 vs. POR FSO RECORD HOME ROAD OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR 53 2/6 @ IND FSO 3-0 3-2 -- -- -- -- -- 54 2/9 vs. CLE TNT OVERALL 6-2 (.750) 4-1 (.800) 2-1 (.667) 55 2/11 vs. GSW ABC 56 2/13 @ WAS FSO WESTERN 4-1 (.800) 3-0 (1.000) 1-1 (.500) 57 2/15 vs. NYK FSO/ESPN SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 58 2/24 vs. LAL FSO EASTERN 2-1 (.667) 1-1 (.500) 1-0 (1.000) 1-0 -- -- 2-1 0-1 1-0 1-0 59 2/26 vs. NOP FSO/NBATV 60 2/28 vs. UTA FSO 61 3/2 @ POR TNT STREAKS Lost 1 Lost 1 Lost 1 62 3/3 @ PHX FSO 63 3/5 @ DAL FSO/ESPN … INFORMATION … 64 3/7 vs. POR FSO/NBATV 65 3/9 vs. SAS TNT 66 3/11 vs. UTA FSO INJURY REPORT: Cameron Payne is OUT (right foot fracture) 67 3/14 @ BKN FSO 68 3/16 @ TOR FSO 69 3/18 vs. SAC FSO PRONUNCIATION GUIDE: Alex Abrines: ah-BREE-ness 70 3/20 vs. GSW TNT 71 3/22 vs. PHI FSO Semaj Christon: Sa-MA-jay 72 3/26 @ HOU ABC Enes Kanter: Ehn-ess Can-ter 73 3/27 @ DAL FSO Anthony Morrow: MORE-roe 74 3/29 @ ORL FSO/NBATV 75 3/31 vs. SAS ESPN Joffrey Lauvergne: Joff-ree LA-vern 76 4/2 vs. CHA FSO Andre Roberson: ROB-er-sun 77 4/4 vs. MIL FSO 78 4/5 @ MEM FSO 79 4/7 @ PHX FSO/NBATV BILLY DONOVAN PREGAME 105 minutes prior to the game at HOME and 90 minutes 80 4/9 @ DEN FSO 81 4/11 @ MIN FSO/NBATV MEDIA AVAILABILITY: prior to the game on the ROAD 82 4/12 vs. DEN FSO **All games can be heard on 98.1 FM, the Sports Animal ………… ………… … ……… … OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER NOTES … … …… …...…………………. Best Start in Thunder History: After claiming a 97-85 victory over the Miami Heat this past Monday night, the Thunder improved to 6-1 on the season which represented the best start for the Thunder through seven games during the Oklahoma City era. Tonight, Oklahoma City will look to bounce-back after losing at home for the first time this season on Wednesday evening to the Toronto Raptors (currently 4-1 at Chesapeake Energy Arena). OKC is currently in the midst of a five-game homestand and a stretch in which the club is set to play eight of nine games at Chesapeake Energy Arena. In the Wins: In the Thunder’s six wins this season, the Thunder is outscoring the opposition by a 103.8 to 93.8 margin. In those games, OKC is limiting the opposition to just 40.6% shooting (OKC has held the opponent to under 100 points in five of the team’s six wins this season). On the year, OKC ranks second in defensive 3-point field goal percentage (.298) while ranking seventh in opponent field goal percentage (.433). Never Before: Russell Westbrook helped lead the Thunder to a perfect 3-0 start to the season and in those games Westbrook became the first player in NBA history to register 100+ points, 30+ rebounds and 30+ assists in the first three games of a season. For the first week of the season, the NBA named Westbrook the Western Conference Player of the Week. First since Magic: After recording a second consecutive triple-double on Oct. 30 versus the Lakers, Russell Westbrook became the first player to record a triple-double in two of the first three games of the season since Magic Johnson accomplished the feat (to begin the 1982-83 season). Westbrook is one of four players all time to register two triple-doubles in the first three games of the season [Johnson (2x), Jerry Lucas and Oscar Robertson (2x)]. First since Kareem: During the Thunder’s 113-100 victory over the Phoenix Suns on Oct. 28, Russell Westbrook became the first player since Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1/19/75) to register a triple-double that included 50+ points scored. On the night, Westbrook, scored 51 points to go along with a team-high 13 rebounds and 10 assists. Westbrook equaled a Thunder record by scoring 23 points in the third quarter alone. By accomplishing the feat, Westbrook is now one of just five players (Abdul-Jabbar, Elgin Baylor, Richie Guerin and Wilt Chamberlain) in NBA history to post a triple-double that included 50+ points scored. Home Opener: On Oct. 28 at Chesapeake Energy Arena, the Thunder prevailed over the Phoenix Suns in overtime to claim an eighth consecutive home opening victory. After defeating the 76ers in Philadelphia two nights earlier, the Thunder improved to 6-3 in season openers during the Oklahoma City era. Preseason is Spain: The Thunder began exhibition play with a pair of preseason contests in Madrid and Barcelona, Spain. Oklahoma City returned stateside after splitting their two contests in Europe against Real Madrid and FC Barcelona Lassa. Oklahoma City participated in the Global Games Europe for the first time since 2013 when the Thunder faced-off against the Philadelphia 76ers in Manchester, England and Fenerbahçe Ulker in Istanbul, Turkey. Oklahoma City finished 2016 preseason play with a record of 3-3 after winning their last two exhibition games versus Minnesota and Denver by a combined 28 points. International Flavor: Currently, the 2016-17 Thunder roster features five international players (places OKC in top third of the league with respect to number of international players).