Among all players in the league, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander rates in the 93rd percentile for playing time, totaling a monstrous 34.5 minutes per game this year.As it relates to three-pointers, the Oklahoma City Thunder's excellent 40.8% rate of successful threes while on the road comes in as the best in the NBA this year.This year, the opposition's starting SGs have shot 36.7% on 3-pointers (21st-best in the league) vs. the Lakers, designating this as a strong matchup.The Thunder have played at the 5th-most up-tempo tempo in the NBA over the last 5 games without the home court advantage.The Thunder are expected to see a spike in opportunities today from squaring off against the most up-tempo pace-of-play team in the NBA over the last 5 games (the Lakers).
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