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The Thunder debut in the 2018-19 season far away from the safe haven that is the ‘Peake, and instead in the belly of the gym that represents everything they want. And they’re doing it with close to zero chance of competing tonight.
The Warriors kick off their season at home and in preparation to raise the championship banner and pass out some jewelry. The Thunder, much to our dismay, will be playing the champs absent Russell Westbrook, Andre Roberson, and potentially Steven Adams, which all but kills their chances of making this any type of competitive battle.