With a dozen games in the book, one-sixth of the NBA season is complete.
The Oklahoma City Thunder are 6-6 and in the playoff hunt through the early stages of the season.
What has allowed them to do this? Is it sustainable? Those are a couple questions we’ll address in this By The Numbers segment.
Role players including Hamidou Diallo and Lu Dort have taken bigger leaps than anticipated while rookie Aleksej Pokusevski has shown good defense. Guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is playing like the star that was expected of him when the team entered the rebuild this offseason.
Here are some defining numbers through the first 12 games. All statistics are as of Sunday morning.
