Wednesday, April 21, 2021 at 7:00 PM ET at Bankers Life Fieldhouse
Matchup
Indiana (26-31) is looking to snap a three-game losing streak when they face the Oklahoma City Thunder (20-38) for the first time this season on Wednesday night at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
The injury bug has ravaged the Blue & Gold, starting with T.J. Warren s early season-ending stress fracture in his foot. More recently, all three main big men are dealing with some scuffs. Myles Turner is out indefinitely after an MRI revealed a partial tear of his plantar plate in his right big toe. Domantas Sabonis (sore lower back) did not appear in Monday s 109-94 loss to the San Antonio Spurs, while Goga Bitadze suffered a left ankle sprain in the second half of that game.
Lu Dort once again carrying the offensive load.
In the first quarter alone, Dort scored 21 points on 7-for-7 from the field and 5-for-5 from beyond the arc. He became just the seventh player in Thunder history to score at least 20 points in a single quarter.
With a seven-point lead at halftime, it looked like the Thunder were on track to snap their nine-game losing streak. However, the Raptors threw the first punch after the break and outscored Oklahoma City 29-21 in the third quarter to take the lead.
In the final quarter, the Raptors pulled away to finish the night with a 112-106 lead to win their third-straight game while the Thunder lost their tenth-straight.
Yuta Watanabe reaches double digits for third straight game; Raptors beat Thunder Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. If you re not sure how to activate it, please refer to this site: https://www.enable-javascript.com/
Yuta Watanabe scored 10 points for the Raptors in a victory over the Thunder in Tampa, Florida, on Sunday. | NBA ENTERTAINMENT / VIA GETTY IMAGES / VIA KYODO
KYODO, REUTERS Apr 19, 2021
Los Angeles – Yuta Watanabe followed up a career-high 21-point outburst on Friday with another personal milestone as he reached double digits for a third straight game in the Toronto Raptors’ 112-106 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday.
Injury Report: Dort, Roby listed out for Thunder-Wizards matchup
Oklahoma City guard Luguentz Dort and forward Isaiah Roby were the latest additions to the injury report ahead of the Thunder s matchup with the Wizards on Monday night
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Russell Westbrook and the Wizards.
Westbrook is close to making history.
He recorded his seventh straight triple-double on Saturday, and is now just 10 shy of breaking
Oscar Robertson s record from the most all-time.
Losers of ten straight, Oklahoma City is approaching their worst losing streak in franchise history, when they lost 14 straight in their first season as a franchise.
Despite the losing streak, second-year guard