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OKC Thunder: As defense flounders, Victor Oladipo, Enes Kanter carry Thunder offense

Game on the line.

Russell Westbrook on the bench.

It'll be a regular-season rarity for the Thunder, and should the situation arise in a game that counts, Oklahoma City will hope to handle it better than it did in Monday's preseason debut.

With Westbrook watching – he played only the first and third quarters – multiple Thunder players tried to fill the go-to role down the stretch of Monday's 142-137 overtime loss to Real Madrid.

Real Madrid made 20 of 37 3-pointers – many of them clean looks as a result of sloppy defensive rotations – in rallying from 22 points down for an upset win.