TOR vs OKC Dream11: Toronto Raptors play host to Oklahoma City Thunder in the NBA regular season matchup at Scotiabank Arena, on Monday morning. Both the teams will find no dearth of confidence after winning their last games.
Raptors, in particular, wasted no time in serving the revenge plate to their great and fellow conference rivals Boston Celtics, beating them 93-113 in their own backyard. It was a response reminiscing of a champion following Raptors’ 102-118 defeat on Christmas Day. Raptors maintained their good run with their seventh win in the last 10 games, and 9th on the road this season.
Thunder are also fresh off a win in the last game as they beat Charlotte Hornets 102-104 in overtime at Spectrum Center. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander dropped a game-high 27 points, while Dennis Schroder, who was fined $25,000 for grabbing referee’s wrist, scored 24 points.
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Match details:
Teams: Toronto Raptors and Oklahoma City Thunder
Venue: Scotiabank Arena
Match Timing: December 30, @ 04:30 AM
Captain options:
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: Leads the Thunder with 19.7 points per game. He will be the key to his team’s chances in this game.
Chris Paul: The 34-year-old is a classy player, who at 34-year of age, has nothing to prove, having been at the top of the game for more than a decade.
Oklahoma City Thunder: Thunder will be without Hamidou Diallo (elbow injury), Danilo Gallinari (ankle injury) and Andre Roberson (knee injury) for the away clash against the Raptors.
Toronto Raptors: Patrick Mccaw, OG Anunoby, Serge Ibaka, Kyle Lowry, Fred VanVleet
Oklahoma City Thunder: Terrance Ferguson, Danilo Gallinari, Steven Adams, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Chris Paul
Likely squads:
Toronto Raptors: Norman Powell, Terence Davis, Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, Chris Boucher, Kyle Lowry, Kyle Lowry, OG Anunoby, Serge Ibaka, Malcolm Miller, Fred VanVleet
Oklahoma City Thunder: Chris Paul, Dennis Schroder, Danilo Gallinari, Shai-Gilgeous Alexander, Steven Adams, Terrance Ferguson, Mike Muscala, Nerlend Noel, Justin Patton, Darius Bazley, Hamidou Diallo
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Team 1:
PG: K Lowry (SP), C Paul
SG: Gilgeous-Alexander
SF: Anunoby, Hollis Jefferson
PF: Boucher
C: Ibaka
Team 2:
PG: K Lowry (SP), Fred VanVleet
SG: Gilgeous-Alexander
SF: Ferguson, Hollis Jefferson
PF: Boucher
C: Ibaka, S Adams