A lot of teams mess around with weaker opponents. Not the Thunder. They are young and brash and all go all the time, and they are going to blow the doors off Memphis.

If not for Victor Wembanyama being a once a generation unicorn that is leading all rookies in essentially every category including blocks and steals, Chet Holmgren would be getting a lot more attention. Holmgren is having a great season in his own right and is averaging an impressive 2.5 blocks and 0.7 steals per game. This is a great matchup against a Memphis team that surrenders the most blocks per game (6.4) to opponents, in addition to the sixth most steals (8.1). Chet has failed to eclipse this line in five consecutive games while only compiling 4 stocks over that sample, which indicates positive regression to me.