Welcome on Western Conference 15 and 60. Glad to be back at it. A lot of interesting action going on a lot of teams making some moves over the last couple of weeks. And although we're gonna talk about due to misfortune.

The one loss that they've had in the recent stretch day in the Oklahoma City Thunder are on fire right now.

They absolutely are okay see after their win in Denver on Sunday up to 23 and 24 on the season.

The same record as the Golden State Warriors. Yes, five and two since the last 15 and 60. They're positive in that rating plus 0.2 is 17th in the league.

These stats per queen glass. They are 20th and offense 9th and defense, which is absolutely incredible.

Really like that about Mark Degnault and his teams Raptor still more skeptical 39 wins, which would be the 12 seat in the West.

And then Elo is swings more based on how teams are playing. Brace yourself the Oklahoma City Thunder per Elo projected to win 43 games.

And that 43 wins ties them for. Oh, actually, I think I think that. Oh, no, my thing just loaded. Yeah, that ties them for 5th in the West.

That's pretty insane. And maybe even more insane is the fact that the fifth seed and the 12th seed are currently projected to be separated by four games in the Western conference.

Now surely there will be some teams that suffer injuries that fall out of it. Surely there will be some teams that get a little hotter right. Surely, surely.

That will happen that someone in this Marass that the five the five seed in the West will be better than a 43 win team.

And the 12th seed will be worse. And interestingly enough, I will talk about the Blazers later to like they're not even in the Blazers are projected at 36 wins.

So they're projected to be the 13th seed spurs and rockets a little below that.

So let's talk thunder here. And before we get into their game against the Kings, they had a dramatic win tonight against the Nikola Yokech less Denver nuggets.

And they went to their closing group as they did it against the Thunder of late they've gone with Kendrich Williams at center.

They'll bring in Josh Gideon out of the game in offense defense substitutions, but they are largely going center less.

Kendrich Williams had the second biggest shot of the evening to push it to a four point lead from the top of the keys shooting 42% from downtown.

Although he struggled in the gaming and Sacramento in the second half, but that puts it to four nuggets come back get a couple of clutch and Zeknashi free throws on an offensive rebound after a Jamal Murray three pointer to tie the game at 99.

And then the Thunder went to a play that they also went to down the stretch of the Kings game of although they weren't really quite in contact at the end of that game.

Josh Gidey as the inbounder both these teams left Josh Gidey open on the with known guarding the inbounder.

And so she guilt just Alexander fakes a cut up towards the top of the key and then plants his foot hard back to her.

And Gidey is such a good passer got it into she any hit a really tough banker off a pump fake against Aaron Gordon to give him the lead and then great defense by Lou Dort on Jamal Murray forced Murray into a tough fading leaner after a pump fake going for a 17 footer to tie and missed it and the thunder come away with yet another impressive victory even without Nicole Eokits for Denver.

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