This year when they have the home court advantage, the opposition's starting SGs have averaged 34.7% on field goal attempts (weakest in the NBA) against the Thunder, designating this as a challenging matchup.The 5th-most sluggish pace-of-play home team in the league over the last 20 games has been the Minnesota Timberwolves.The Oklahoma City Thunder have played at the 7th-slowest pace in the league over the last 5 games away from their home court, which should reduce opportunities for the Timberwolves.As a team, the Timberwolves have been bad at getting to the foul line playing at home: 10th-worst in the NBA this year, totaling a mere 21.1 free throws per game.The matchup vs. the Thunder may be a challenging one for getting to the charity stripe; opposing starting SGs have attempted a mere 1.9 free throws per game over the last 20 games (least in the NBA).
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