On the second night of a back to back, the OKC Thunder returned home to Chesapeake Energy Arena to face the Memphis Grizzlies in a Sunday evening matchup. A late game surge gave the Thunder the push they needed to narrowly score a much needed win in an otherwise ugly contest.
The OKC Thunder’s post-All-Star slump has seen the team suffer their first four-game slide since starting the 2018-2019 campaign 0-4. To say Sunday night’s home matchup against the lowly Memphis Grizzlies was a “must win” game for a team currently occupying a spot in the upper echelon of the hotly contested Western Conference would be a slightly exaggerated sentiment, however, having given up four straight, on the verge of giving up the three seed, and about to embark on a four-game road stretch, it certainly could not help but feel like it.