This year, the opposition's starting PFs have totaled 3.7 three attempts per game (4th-fewest in the league) vs. the Nuggets, designating this as a hard matchup.The Nuggets have played at the 7th-slowest tempo in the league over the last 10 games, which should reduce possessions for the Oklahoma City Thunder.As a team, the Oklahoma City Thunder have been quite unsuccesful at getting to the foul line: 8th-worst in the league this year, averaging a mere 20.9 free throws per game.The matchup against the Denver Nuggets is a challenging one for getting to the charity stripe; opposing starting PFs have attempted a lowly 2.6 foul shots per game this year (least in the league).Chet Holmgren stands to suffer a drop-off in production in all facets of the game in light of playing on the visting team in this matchup.
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