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OKC Thunder TIP3 queries 8 points, 9 seconds on Pacers

By Tamberlyn Richardson

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK - OCTOBER 25: Paul George #13 of the OKC Thunder playing defense during a game against the Indiana Pacers at the Chesapeake Energy Arena on October 25, 2017 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty Images)
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK - OCTOBER 25: Paul George #13 of the OKC Thunder playing defense during a game against the Indiana Pacers at the Chesapeake Energy Arena on October 25, 2017 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty Images) /
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SACRAMENTO, CA – NOVEMBER 7: Andre Roberson #21, Carmelo Anthony #7, Russell Westbrook #0 and Paul George #13 of the Oklahoma City Thunder face the Sacramento Kings on November 7, 2017 at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, California. Copyright 2017 NBAE (Photo by Rocky Widner/NBAE via Getty Images) /

Hughes provides his insight on Indiana’s potential this season:

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Indiana has actually had the fourth toughest schedule in the league up to this point, which has kind of convinced me they can sustain this. Oladipo has had to pull them from behind here and there (see the recent Bulls and Nuggets wins), but they have reliable starters that can have big games on any given night.

The bench has kind of been a mess, as coach Nate McMillan has mostly rolled with an eight-man rotation (Cory Joseph, Lance Stephenson and Domantas Sabonis being the three bench players) with sprinkles of senior citizen Damien Wilkins, rookie TJ Leaf and Joe Young.

Glenn Robinson III, coming off a career year, has been out since preseason but should be returning within the next month. He should have a positive impact either coming off the bench or starting in place of Bojan Bogdanovic.

This team still has some room to grow this season and currently sit as the fifth seed. The East’s middle-class is tightly packed, so things will sway back and forth throughout the year. But it wouldn’t be shocking if this group finished fifth or sixth in the East.

Finally who wins and by how much?

Hughes prediction:

I’ll take Indiana in this one, 115-109.

That wraps up TIP3 for December 13. Thanks again to Dylan Hughes for his insight. Follow him on twitter or catch his articles on the Pacers at 8 points, 9 Seconds as well as his all NBA work at 16 Wins a Ring.

As for the big game the full pregame analysis from Jordan Buckamneer here and make sure to visit our Twitter in game as well as Thunderous Intentions post game and constant daily articles on your favorite team and players.

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