OKC Thunder vs. Cleveland Cavaliers: How to watch, three things to know, lineups, live updates

How to watch Thunder vs. Cavaliers

When: 7 p.m. Saturday

Where: Paycom Center, Oklahoma City

TV: Bally Sports Oklahoma (Cox 37/HD 722, DirecTV 676-5)

Stream: DirecTV Stream

Radio: WWLS 98.1 FM

Against the spread: Cavaliers by 4.5

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Three things to know about Thunder vs. Cavaliers

► The Thunder and Cavaliers will meet Saturday in Oklahoma City, and exactly a week later in Cleveland. The stop in Cleveland will be the final game of a four-game road trip for OKC.

► Cleveland’s success is one of the biggest surprises in the NBA this season. Evan Mobley is the frontrunner for Rookie of the Year, Darius Garland and Jarrett Allen are candidates for Most Improved Player and J.B. Bickerstaff is in the Coach of the Year conversation.

► The Thunder has the fourth-worst record in the NBA at the halfway point. OKC is 7.5 games behind Orlando, 4.5 games behind Detroit and 3.0 games behind Houston in the upside-down standings. As things stand, the Thunder has a 12.5% chance at the No. 1 pick and a 48.1% chance at a top-four pick. Its pick could fall no lower than eighth.

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Projected starters for Thunder vs. Cavaliers

Cavaliers (24-18)*

Pos.;;Player;;Ht.;;Pts.;;Reb.;;Ast.

G;; Darius Garland;;6-1;;19.1;;3.2;;7.5

G;;Lamar Stevens;;6-8;;5.1;;2.3;;0.7

F;;Lauri Markkanen;;7-0;;13.5;;5.3;;1.6

F;;Evan Mobley;;7-0;;14.9;;8.1;;2.7

C;;Jarrett Allen;;6-11;;16.7;;10.8;;1.8

Thunder (14-27)

Pos.;;Player;;Ht.;;Pts.;;Reb.;;Ast.

G;;Shai Gilgeous-Alexander;;6-6;;22.5;;4.8;;5.3

G;;Josh Giddey;;6-8;;11.5;;7.3;;6.4

G;;Luguentz Dort;;6-3;;16.6;;4.0;;1.7

F;;Aaron Wiggins;;6-6;;7.2;;3.3;;1.2

C;;Jeremiah Robinson-Earl;;6-9;;7.2;;5.6;;0.9

*-Record and stats do not include Friday games

Joe Mussatto, Staff writer

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