Game information

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3 big things

• Unpleasant. There is no bad blood between OKC and Josh Giddey after the team traded him for Alex Caruso this summer. But if the Thunder give Giddey and the Bulls an ugly debut…in a city that isn’t afraid to boo its own players…things could get nasty.
• Rebound? The Thunder won in Denver by 15 points despite some poor team shooting. I’ll stop joking about Round 2 being over once these guys start hitting over 33% of their threes. (But I’m also not willing to worry about a regression to the mean compared to their lethal shots last season.)
• From the comments: The new-look Thunder was found to have spotty ball handling during the wingy guard rotation. Will the offense continue to keep players like Caruso, Cason and (eventually) Hartenstein in check as liaisons? Or will the playmaking duties extend beyond the team’s top scorers?

Thunderclap, nuggets

Who knew a zero-point debut from Alex Caruso could feel so good?

forecast

I’m not in favor of booing anyone, but I’m predicting the conditions in which Josh Giddey and the Chicago fan base will have a miserable Saturday night. Thunder at 18.

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