{"id":619451,"date":"2026-02-23T07:58:32","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T07:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/619451\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T07:58:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T07:58:32","slug":"raptors-play-the-thunder-in-non-conference-action-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/619451\/","title":{"rendered":"Raptors play the Thunder in non-conference action"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a> (44-14, first in the Western Conference) vs. Toronto Raptors<\/a> (34-23, fifth in the Eastern Conference)<\/p>\n

Toronto; Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. EST<\/p>\n

BOTTOM LINE: Toronto and Oklahoma City play in non-conference action.<\/p>\n

The Raptors are 16-13 in home games. Toronto ranks third in the NBA<\/a> with 29.3 assists per game led by Immanuel Quickley<\/a> averaging 6.1.<\/p>\n

The Thunder are 20-7 on the road. Oklahoma City has a 2-6 record in one-possession games.<\/p>\n

The Raptors average 11.5 made 3-pointers per game this season, 2.8 fewer makes per game than the Thunder give up (14.3). The Thunder are shooting 48.6% from the field, 2.6% higher than the 46.0% the Raptors’ opponents have shot this season.<\/p>\n

The teams meet for the second time this season. The Raptors won 103-101 in the last matchup on Jan. 26.<\/p>\n

TOP PERFORMERS: Brandon Ingram<\/a> is averaging 22 points, 5.7 rebounds and 3.7 assists for the Raptors. Quickley is averaging 18.4 points and 5.1 assists over the past 10 games.<\/p>\n

Chet Holmgren<\/a> is averaging 17.4 points, 8.8 rebounds and 1.9 blocks for the Thunder. Isaiah Joe<\/a> is averaging 15.0 points over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

LAST 10 GAMES: Raptors: 6-4, averaging 112.0 points, 43.0 rebounds, 27.7 assists, 9.8 steals and 6.2 blocks per game while shooting 46.5% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 109.7 points per game.<\/p>\n

Thunder: 6-4, averaging 114.6 points, 43.5 rebounds, 26.1 assists, 9.9 steals and 4.4 blocks per game while shooting 46.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 108.2 points.<\/p>\n

INJURIES: Raptors: Scottie Barnes<\/a>: out (personal).<\/p>\n

Thunder: Ajay Mitchell: out (abdomen), Jalen Williams<\/a>: out (hamstring), Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: out (abdomen), Thomas Sorber<\/a>: out for season (knee), Alex Caruso<\/a>: out (ankle).<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oklahoma City Thunder (44-14, first in the Western Conference) vs. Toronto Raptors (34-23, fifth in the Eastern Conference)…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":156982,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3783],"tags":[328,7,4441,366,78812,3715,1624,364,1407,6,310,475,179,3966,3965,1261,954,312,476],"class_list":{"0":"post-619451","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-oklahoma-city-thunder","8":"tag-alex-caruso","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-brandon-ingram","11":"tag-chet-holmgren","12":"tag-event_preview","13":"tag-immanuel-quickley","14":"tag-isaiah-joe","15":"tag-jalen-williams","16":"tag-national-basketball-association","17":"tag-nba","18":"tag-oklahoma","19":"tag-oklahoma-city","20":"tag-oklahoma-city-thunder","21":"tag-oklahomacity","22":"tag-oklahomacitythunder","23":"tag-scottie-barnes","24":"tag-thomas-sorber","25":"tag-thunder","26":"tag-toronto-raptors"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116118888131863933","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=619451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619451\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=619451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=619451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=619451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}