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The Thunder take on the Los Angeles Lakers tonight looking to halt a 2-game home skid. Most recently, the Thunder have dropped two in a row to the Nuggets and Mavericks and find themselves in the playoff cellar at this point. While climbing out to avoid the Warriors or Nuggets is near-impossible at this point, OKC should be solely focused on simply playing 48 minutes of competent basketball.
What does “competent basketball” look like? Well, I don’t know...let’s just randomly grab the fact that OKC has trailed by double-digits in 18 of their past 21 games, often in the first half.