The Oklahoma City Thunder grabbed an impressive win on Thursday night when they defeated the visiting Adelaide 36ers 131-98. Tonight the Thunder will play their final home preseason game when they host Ra’anana Maccabi Ra’anana, a team from Israel. So far, the Israeli team has lost to the Los Angeles Clippers 121-81 and the Portland Trail Blazers 138-85. Tonight’s outcome will likely be very similar.
Tonight the Thunder plays in front of their home crowd at the Paycom Center for the first time since April as they host the Adelaide 36ers, members of the National Basketball League (NBL). The 36ers made major headlines just a few days when they knocked off the Phoenix Suns 134-124. In that meeting, Craig Randall II led Adelaide with 35 points as the 36ers lit up the three-point line, knocking down 24-of-43 attempts from downtown (55.8%).
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Oklahoma City Thunder General Manager shocked a lot of people on Thursday night. With the 6th pick in the 2021 NBA Draft, Presti selected Josh Giddey, an 18-year-old Australian who played 28 games with the National Basketball League’s Adelaide 36ers earlier this year.
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