




Russell Westbrook / Thabo Sefolosha / Kevin Durant / Jeff Green / Nenad Krstic
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Deron Williams / Ronnie Brewer / C.J. Miles / Carlos Boozer / Mehmet Okur
Matchup
Both teams look a bit different now than they did when we trounced them in Utah. Utah has all their players in relatively good health; Deron Williams and Mehmet Okur had missed some games. Williams in particular did not play very well against us in the last meeting. Kevin Ollie and Etan Thomas were key components of our bench at the time, now we've got Eric Maynor and Serge Ibaka playing minutes. Nick Collison missed the last game against Utah.
We definitely have to come out of the gates stronger against Utah than we did against Washington, New Jersey, and Charlotte. Utah's a veteran team that plays defense, they won't be so easy to subvert if we give them a head start.
Millsap and Boozer killed us in the last game, and we were hitting almost every shot we tool in the second half. I want to see a good game out of Russell Westbrook, and a solid outing by our bench. That should be enough to take it.
Some Numbers
It could be argued that OKC is the best overall FT shooting team in the league. We shoot the highest team percentage, and get to the line the fourth most (in terms of FTA/FGA; adjusting for pace). Don't discount the importance of this..
A Question
Five in a row??