On October 11, Beijing time, the NBA preseason continued, and the Thunder sat at home to play the New Zealand Breakers, a team from the NBL.
The Thunder have already played two preseason games on Oct. 8 and 10, beating the Spurs 112-107 on the road and then losing 113-122 to the Rockets in overtime at home.
In the game against the Rockets, the Thunder had four players score in double figures, with team leader Alexander contributing 15 points and 6 assists, Jalen Williams 15 points, Aaron Wiggins 13 points, and Holmgren 10 points and 6 rebounds.
The New Zealand Breakers have played two preseason games in the United States, first losing to the Jazz 87-116 and then losing to the 76ers 84-139, and three of the Breakers have scored in double figures in both games, with the team's top scorer Cartwright contributing 42 points in both games, Menega 24 and King 26.
After the Thunder missed the Western Conference Finals last season, they strengthened the problem of weak interior line, and Hartenstein, who played a valuable role in the Knicks last season, came to shoot with a high salary, and the arrival of Caruso made the Thunder's outside defense more improved.
The departures of Hayward, Waters, and Keady didn't take much of a toll on the Thunder's strength.
In the draft, the Thunder selected three rookies, Topic, Jones, and Mitchell, and their arrival enriched the Thunder's bench.
The Thunder are bound to be a few levels ahead of the Breakers in terms of both sides, having met once five years ago, when the Thunder won 110-84, in which Alexander and Dort both played in that game, when Alexander scored 18 points.
The only small difficulty for the Thunder in this game is that it is a back-to-back game, and the physical fitness will be slightly affected, but given the large difference in strength between the two teams, even if the back-to-back Thunder mainly arrange rotation players and fringe players to play, there is no small advantage, and the destroyers can only secretly pray that the small loss will be won.