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OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER 2019-20 GAME NOTES GAME #65 HOME GAME #34 OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER vs. UTAH JAZZ (40-24) (41-23) WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 2020 7:00 PM (CDT) CHESAPEAKE ENERGY ARENA 2019-20 SCHEDULE/RESULTS OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER LAST GAME STARTERS NO DATE OPP W/L **TV/RECORD No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Birthdate Prior to NBA/Home Country Yrs. Pro 1 10/23 @ UTA L, 95-100 0-1 23 Terrance Ferguson G 6-7 190 05/17/98 Adelaide 36ers/USA 3 2 10/25 vs. WAS L, 85-97 0-2 3 10/27 vs. GSW W, 120-92 1-2 8 Danilo Gallinari F 6-10 233 08/08/88 Olimpia Milano/Italy 12 4 10/28 @ HOU L, 112-116 1-3 12 Steven Adams C 7-0 265 07/20/93 Pittsburgh/New Zealand 7 5 10/30 vs. POR L, 99-102 1-4 5 Luguentz Dort** G 6-4 215 04/19/99 Arizona State/Canada R 6 11/2 vs. NOP W, 115-104 2-4 7 11/5 vs. ORL W, 102-94 3-4 3 Chris Paul G 6-0 175 05/06/85 Wake Forest/USA 15 8 11/7 @ SAS L, 112-121 3-5 9 11/9 vs. GSW W, 114-108 4-5 10 11/10 vs. MIL L, 119-121 4-6 OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER RESERVES 11 11/12 @ IND L, 85-111 4-7 12 11/15 vs. PHI W, 127-119 (OT) 5-7 13 11/18 @ LAC L, 88-90 5-8 7 Darius Bazley F 6-8 208 06/12/00 Princeton HS/USA R 14 11/19 @ LAL L, 107-112 5-9 30 Deonte Burton G 6-5 240 01/31/94 Iowa State/USA 2 15 11/22 vs. LAL L, 130-127 5-10 6 Hamidou Diallo G 6-5 202 07/31/98 Kentucky/USA 2 16 11/25 @ GSW W, 100-97 6-10 17 11/27 @ POR L, 119-136 6-11 2 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander G 6-6 181 07/12/98 Kentucky/Canada 2 18 11/29 vs. NOP W, 109-104 7-11 15 Kevin Hervey** F 6-9 230 07/09/96 UT-Arlington/USA R 19 12/1 @ NOP W, 107-104 8-11 20 12/4 vs. IND L, 100-107 8-12 33 Mike Muscala F/C 6-11 240 07/01/91 Bucknell/USA 7 21 12/6 vs. MIN W, 139-127 (OT) 9-12 11 Abdel Nader F 6-6 225 09/25/93 Iowa State/Egypt 3 22 12/8 @ POR W, 108-96 10-12 23 12/9 @ UTA W, 104-90 11-12 9 Nerlens Noel F/C 6-11 220 04/10/94 Kentucky/USA 6 24 12/11 @ SAC L, 93-94 11-13 21 Andre Roberson G/F 6-7 210 12/04/91 Colorado/USA 7 25 12/14 @ DEN L, 102-110 11-14 22 Isaiah Roby F 6-8 230 02/03/98 Nebraska/USA R 26 12/16 vs. CHI W, 109-106 12-14 27 12/18 vs. MEM W, 122-126 13-14 17 Dennis Schröder G 6-1 172 09/15/93 NY Phantoms Braunschweig/Germany 7 28 12/20 vs. PHX W, 126-108 14-14 **Signed to a Two-Way Contract 29 12/22 vs. LAC W, 118-112 15-14 30 12/26 vs. MEM L, 97-110 15-15 31 12/27 @ CHA W, 104-102 (OT) 16-15 OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER STAFF 32 12/29 @ TOR W, 98-97 17-15 33 12/31 vs. DAL W, 106-101 18-15 34 1/2 @ SAS W, 109-103 19-15 HEAD COACH Billy Donovan (Providence) 35 1/4 @ CLE W, 121-106 20-15 ASSISTANT COACHES Brian Keefe (UNLV) 36 1/6 @ PHI L, 113-120 20-16 37 1/7 @ BKN W, 111-103 (OT) 21-16 Maurice Cheeks (West Texas State) 38 1/9 vs. HOU W, 113-92 22-16 Mark Daigneault (UConn) 39 1/11 vs. LAL L, 110-125 22-17 40 1/13 @ MIN W, 117-104 23-17 Vin Bhavnani (USC) 41 1/15 vs. TOR L, 121-130 23-18 Dave Bliss (Georgia) 42 1/17 vs. MIA L, 108-115 23-19 43 1/18 vs. POR W, 119-106 24-19 Mike Wilks (Rice) 44 1/20 @ HOU W, 112-107 25-19 David Akinyooye (Adelphi) 45 1/22 @ ORL W, 120-114 26-19 DIRECTOR OF QUALITY CONTROL Billy Schmidt (Wake Forest) 46 1/24 vs. ATL W, 140-111 27-19 47 1/25 @ MIN W, 113-104 28-19 VP OF HUMAN & PLAYER PERFORMANCE Dr. Donnie Strack (Indianapolis) 48 1/27 vs. DAL L, 107-97 28-20 49 1/29 @ SAC W, 120-100 29-20 50 1/31 @ PHX W, 111-107 30-20 51 2/5 vs. CLE W, 109-103 31-20 2019-20 RECORDS 2019-20 RECORDS BY MONTH/DAY 52 2/7 vs. DET W, 108-101 32-20 53 2/9 vs. BOS L, 111-112 32-21 RECORD HOME ROAD OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR 54 2/11 vs. SAS L, 106-114 32-22 55 2/13 @ NOP W, 123-118 33-22 OVERALL 40-24 (.625) 20-13 (.606) 20-11 (.645) 1-4 6-7 11-4 12-5 7-3 3-1 - 56 2/21 vs. DEN W, 113-101 34-22 WESTERN 26-15 (.634) 15-7 (.682) 11-8 (.579) 57 2/23 vs. SAS W, 131-103 35-22 58 2/25 @ CHI W, 124-122 36-22 EASTERN 14-9 (.609) 5-6 (.455) 9-3 (.750) SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 59 2/27 vs. SAC W, 112-108 37-22 STREAKS W3 L1 W3 7-2 5-4 4-4 5-6 4-2 10-4 5-2 60 2/28 @ MIL L, 86-133 37-23 61 3/3 vs. LAC L, 94-109 37-24 62 3/4 @ DET W, 114-107 38-24 63 3/6 @ NYK W, 126-103 39-24 INFORMATION 64 3/8 @ BOS W, 105-104 40-24 65 3/11 vs. UTA FSO 66 3/13 vs. MIN FSO INJURY REPORT: TBD 67 3/15 @ WAS FSO 68 3/17 @ MEM FSO PRONUNCIATION GUIDE: Darius Bazley: BAZE-lee 69 3/18 @ ATL FSO 70 3/20 vs. DEN FSO Hamidou Diallo: HA-muh-dew dee-AH-low 71 3/23 @ MIA FSO Luguentz Dort: loo-GHENTZ 72 3/26 vs. CHA FSO 73 3/28 @ GSW FSO Danilo Gallinari: da-NEE-lo gal-in-ARE-ee 74 3/30 @ DEN FSO Abdel Nader: ab-DOOL NAY-der 75 4/1 vs. PHX FSO 76 4/4 @ LAC FSO Andre Roberson: ROB-er-sun 77 4/5 @ LAL NBATV/FSO Dennis Schröder: SHROO-der 78 4/7 vs. BKN FSO 79 4/10 vs. NYK FSO BILLY DONOVAN PREGAME 105 minutes prior to the game at HOME and 90 minutes 80 4/11 @ MEM FSO 81 4/13 vs. UTA FSO MEDIA AVAILABILITY: prior to the game on the ROAD 82 4/15 @ DAL FSO **All games can be heard on 98.1 FM, the Sports Animal OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER NOTES Home Sweet Home: Oklahoma City looks to earn its ninth win in 11 games as the team returns home to host the Utah Jazz for their third meeting this season. The Thunder holds a 19-2 record against the Jazz when playing inside Chesapeake Energy Arena and currently has a 16- game win streak against them at home. In the last three games, the Thunder has earned a +10.3 +/- rating, tied for the second-best in the NBA, shooting 51.2 percent (second), grabbing 10.0 steals per game (third) and 7.0 blocks per contest (third). Following this contest, the Thunder will remain home to face off against the Minnesota Timberwolves in the final matchup of a two-game home stand. Road Warriors: Since the start of December, the Thunder has gone 19-4 on the road, which is the best road record in the NBA during that span (L.A. Lakers, 18-5). From 1/7-2/25, Oklahoma City held a nine-game win streak away from Chesapeake Energy Arena, good for the longest such streak in Thunder history (eight games in 2014). Giving Thanks: Since Thanksgiving Day (11/28), Oklahoma City has earned the third-best record among all NBA teams and the most wins among Western Conference teams during that time span behind Milwaukee (38-9, .809) and L.A. Lakers (33-11, .750). Additionally, since 12/18, the Thunder has gone 28-10 (.737), which is good for the best record in the Western Conference. RECORD WIN % PPG FG % Before Thanksgiving 6-11 35.3 107.4 45.9 Since Thanksgiving 34-13 72.3 112.0 47.8 Coming in Clutch: The Thunder started the season 4-8 in clutch time, but since 11/25, has gone 25-5, good for the best clutch records in the NBA in that timeframe. OKC each of the top five leaders in clutch +/- rating (Adams, Gilgeous-Alexander, Schröder, Paul, Gallinari). Also, Gallinari is tied for the third-most clutch threes with his 14. Gilgeous-Alexander and Paul rank tied for first for clutch time steals with 10. As a team, the Thunder has earned the most clutch points in the NBA (447). In 13 games from 12/16 to 1/7, nine were decided in clutch time and the Thunder won all but one of those contests, good for the most such wins in the NBA during that span.