Oklahoma City Thunder

That is a much bigger decision.

In the NBA, Houston beat Oklahoma City 119-98 and moved to 6-0.

Jabari Smith Jr. scored 30, Marcus Smart added 24, and the Rockets made 18 three-pointers.

Oklahoma City's now lost two straight after opening 4-0.

The Thunder were playing their first game since learning Chet Holmgren's going to miss 8-10 weeks, and they remain without Jalen Williams and Kaysen Wallace.

It's not an excuse for losing by 21, but it is context.

And the last game? I think this might be the last game.

The Oklahoma City Thunder, they get whooped by the Houston Rockets.

The Thunder, obviously, without Chet, Jalen Williams, and Cason Wallace.

Isaiah Hartenstein didn't really step up here.

Rockets go to 6-1.

They take down the Thunder 119-98.

Big doubleheader day on Football Sunday on ESPN Radio.

Vikings and Lions followed by the Chiefs and Broncos.

Rockets at 5-1.

Thunder at 4-1.

Blazers at 3-1.

Lakers, Mavs, and Wolves at 4-2.

DeMont's a little good in his debut from what I saw.

So that's cool.

And then the Thunder is getting smoked.

Kaysen out.

Maybe it's not good enough, but I'm willing to bet that it is today.

Well, maybe the Oklahoma City Thunder also.

Because SGA is like Will Smith in that episode of Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, looking around, where did everybody go? Chad Holmgren, J-Dub, Cason Wallace.

It is crazy with Oklahoma City.

But that can be a story for another time.

Let's take our first break of the day right now.

Like...

We play OKC.

We need guard play.

We need a guy that can come in and stop SGA.

yeah i mean winning winning is always the most important i you mentioned it i mean clark they did that against the clippers it was like jaden's kind of getting smoked by darius garland on these like quick ball screen things and like

yeah

get jalen in there get jaden off ball and then all of a sudden the wolves are looking awesome which I mean, that is a lever against OKC.

Jalen seems to be one of the better players against SGA.

But first, I mean, a game like that, do you not think that 55's on the table? Like, how is that not on the table for...

wins in a row for the San Antonio Spurs with how the Oklahoma City Thunder look, with how the Timberwolves are looking injury-wise.

Unfortunate for them, but fortunate for this win total.

25 will get you 34.

Portland Trail Blazers, we saw them last year in the playoffs, and we know that they got only better in the offseason.

They're going to be difficult.

The Lakers, we saw how they played against the Warriors, the Mavericks, the Thunder.

So this game is...

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So it was like kind of traveling with your buddies, only they were Canadian, on a school bus.

And, you know, we're traveling around exotic towns like Cincinnati and Nashville.

We take a plane out to Wichita, Fort Worth, Dallas, Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Salt Lake City.

You know, it was an interesting league.

I know he's had a tough go of it this season, but I will say, I know you said not Shea.

If Shea, with all of these injuries, still leads this team to like 60 wins, the Thunder or something, then there's a case.

At least best scorer in the league.

So