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Indiana Pacers game preview: Pacers look to end losing streak in Oklahoma City
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Two of the extra shocking groups within the NBA this season, the Indiana Pacers and Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder, will sq. off for the primary time of the 2022-23 NBA marketing campaign tonight.
The Thunder are taking part in properly proper now and have received six out of their final eight video games to enhance to 21-23. The Pacers are on a season-long four-game dropping streak and are 23-22.
In response to the NBA, this duel will function a season-high six Canadian gamers.
Viewing and Betting Data
Tip off time: 8 p.m. Jap Time
Location: Paycom Middle, Oklahoma Metropolis, Oklahoma
The place to observe: NBA League Go, Bally Sports activities Indiana/Bally Sports activities+, Bally Sports activities Oklahoma
Unfold and Over/Beneath: The Pacers are underdogs as they’re +4.5 within the SI Sportsbook. The over/below for the sport is 239.5.
Pacers vs Thunder Damage Report
For the Pacers, guard Tyrese Haliburton (left knee and left elbow), heart Daniel Theis (proper knee) and wing Kendall Brown (proper tibia) are out. Trevelin Queen could also be within the G League as part of his two-way contract.
For the Thunder, Ousmane Dieng, Chet Holmgren, Eugene Omoruyi, Aleksej Pokusevski, Jeremiah Robinson-Earl, and Lindy Waters III are out.
Key Matchups
Andrew Nembhard vs Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is prone to turn out to be a first-time NBA All-Star this season. He has been sensible for the Thunder and is averaging 30.7 factors per recreation, he is without doubt one of the finest rim attackers within the league.
Defending him is nearly not possible. He’s artful across the rim and has super footwork. Andrew Nembhard, together with Aaron Nesmith at instances, should be on their A-game defensively to decelerate Oklahoma Metropolis’s chief.
Bennedict Mathurin vs Josh Giddey: Josh Giddey has been on hearth lately. He’s averaging 20.3 factors per recreation in his final 10 video games whereas additionally including 7.8 rebounds and 6.1 assists per recreation in the identical span. His surge has coincided with the Thunder taking part in their finest basketball.
His measurement makes him tough to defend, so Pacers rookie Bennedict Mathurin might want to depend on his body defensively. The Indiana guard has moved into the beginning lineup in latest video games and is averaging 18 factors per recreation since. That degree of manufacturing can be required tonight.
- Tyrese Haliburton suffers left knee bone contusion and left elbow sprain, can be out at the very least two weeks for the Indiana Pacers. CLICK HERE.
- Report: Goga Bitadze is the ‘more than likely’ Indiana Pacers massive man to be traded this season. CLICK HERE.
- Oshae Brissett has contract turn out to be totally assured, not waived by the Indiana Pacers earlier than the assure deadline. CLICK HERE.
- Indiana Pacers wing Chris Duarte breaks out of droop vs Memphis Grizzlies: ‘I wanted it.’ CLICK HERE.
- Observe AllPacers on Fb: All Pacers SI
- Observe AllPacers on Twitter: @SIPacers
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OSU Basketball: JUCO Transfer CJ Smith Announces Commitment to Oklahoma State
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On Saturday night, former Putnam City North (OK) standout CJ Smith announced his commitment to Oklahoma State.
First and foremost, I want to thank God for guiding me throughout this process ! I would also like to thank Coach Lutz and Coach Page for giving me this opportunity. With that being said I will be continuing my basketball journey at Oklahoma State University! #Gopokes 🤠… pic.twitter.com/fkj8shNPke
— CJ Smith (@ImCjsmith) June 30, 2024
After finishing his career with the Panthers in 2023, Smith spent the 2023-24 season at Coffeyville Community College in Coffeyville, KS. In his lone year at the junior college level, Smith played in 30 games, making 21 starts while logging 23.4 minutes per game.
The Putnam City North product averaged 8.3 points and 4.6 rebounds per game while shooting 40.5% from the floor and 30.8% from 3-point range as a true freshman. Smith scored a season-high 16 points against Seward County Community College in February, getting to the free throw line 13 times to help lead the Red Ravens to a 90-79 victory.
Smith followed up the aforementioned performance with a 14-point outing against Barton Community College that saw the athletic wing shoot 4-of-7 from the field, 1-of-2 from beyond the arc and 5-of-6 from the free throw line.
The former Team Griffin EYBL standout knocked down multiple 3-pointers in five different games as a true freshman, four of which came in an eight-game span.
Listed at 6-foot-7 and 195 pounds, Smith is a good athlete and has great size and length on the wing. The Oklahoma City native’s combination of size, length and athleticism gives him the potential to become a solid defender a the Division I level.
Additionally, there is a chance that Smith improves as a shooter under the tutelage of Steve Lutz and company in Stillwater.
If Smith is able to develop into a decent shooter and defender, he could eventually serve an important role for the Cowboys as a “3&D” wing.
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Bye to the Big 12 and hello SEC: It's party time for Texas and Oklahoma
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Bye-bye Big 12, hello SEC. Texas and Oklahoma are finally making their long-awaited conference switch.
But first, it’s time to party with Bevo (the longhorn) and Pitbull (the human).
The three-years-in-the-making switch to the Southeastern Conference for two programs that were co-founders of the Big 12 in 1996 officially happens Monday.
And for their move to a league where “It Just Means More,” Texas and Oklahoma have scheduled big campus celebrations Sunday and Monday with carnivals, live music and fireworks. Oklahoma’s even stretches to events statewide.
The SEC Network planned live programming from both campuses over the two days, and Longhorns and Sooners fans had their first chance to buy SEC-branded school merchandise.
“This is a day we have been building toward for years,” Texas athletic director Chris Del Conte said.
It’s a moment college sports in general has been building toward in the era of major realignment. The Texas and Oklahoma break from the Big 12 helped trigger myriad conference shifts with more on the way. By the first kickoff of the 2024 season, 11 so-called Power 4 programs will be in new conferences.
The Big Ten will grow to 18 teams with USC, UCLA, Oregon and Washington poached from the Pac-12. The beleaguered West Coast league also lost Arizona, Colorado, Utah and Arizona State to the Big 12, and California and Stanford to the Atlantic Coast Conference. SMU leaps from the American Athletic Conference to the ACC on Monday as well.
As for Oklahoma and Texas, they originally planned to join the SEC in 2025, but ultimately reached a financial deal with the Big 12 for an early exit. And they leave with a whole lot of hardware.
Between them, the Sooners (14) and Longhorns (four) won 18 Big 12 football titles in 25 years, with Texas winning the crown last season for the first time since 2009.
In its final year in the league, Texas won 15 league regular season or tournament championships across all sports, and national titles in volleyball and rowing. Oklahoma capped its final season with its dominant softball program winning its fourth consecutive national title in May. The Sooners beat Texas in the final.
“Texas brings more tradition, more talent, more passion and more fight,” to the SEC, the school said on its athletics website.
All that winning will be much more difficult to duplicate in the SEC. Oklahoma opens its first SEC football schedule at home against Tennessee on Sept. 21. The Longhorns debut at Mississippi State on Sept. 28.
Since the start of the College Football Playoff in 2014, SEC schools have won the championship six times.
Texas (2005) and Oklahoma (2000) were the only two schools to win national titles in football while in the Big 12.
Some traditional rivalries will be stitched back together, and some torn apart.
The Texas-Texas A&M rivalry is reborn. It had been on hiatus since A&M left the Big 12 for the SEC in 2012. Oklahoma’s Bedlam rivalry with Oklahoma State is ruptured.
Texas spiced things up with Texas A&M last week when it poached Aggies baseball coach Jim Schlossnagle to Austin. At his introductory news conference, Schlossnagle warned Longhorns fans that the SEC is the “major leagues” of college baseball. The league has won the past five national championships.
Texas and Oklahoma planned for thousands of fans to join their celebrations.
Texas set up a central campus carnival. Fans will get autograph sessions with team coaches, and a chance to pose with the Bevo longhorn mascot for photos in the afternoon.
Sunday night includes a scheduled concert by “Mr. Worldwide” pop star Pitbull on a stage underneath the campus’ iconic clock tower.
Oklahoma’s celebration started Sunday night with a “Race to the SEC” 5k race through the heart of campus, with midnight sales of SEC merchandise and fireworks.
Monday morning, former Sooners coach Barry Switzer will co-host a celebration breakfast in Tulsa and Oklahoma will host a campus party at the football stadium with live music and entertainment.
“We couldn’t be more excited to join the SEC. Our teams are poised for success and look forward to the competition with many of America’s most outstanding universities,” Oklahoma athletic director Joe Castiglione said.
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Oklahoma State men’s basketball adds former Putnam City North standout C.J. Smith
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Oklahoma State basketball coach Steve Lutz talks about reviving Cowboys’ program
Oklahoma State basketball coach Steve Lutz talks about reviving Cowboys’ program
OSU ATHLETICS
The first non-transfer portal addition for new Oklahoma State men’s basketball coach Steve Lutz came with in-state ties.
OSU added junior-college transfer C.J. Smith, a 6-foot-7, 195-pound swingman from Coffeyville (Kansas) Community College on Saturday.
Smith is originally from Oklahoma City and concluded his high school career at Putnam City North, where he led the Panthers to a 24-3 record averaging 17.2 points and 6.0 rebounds in 2022-23. He was a first-team selection on The Oklahoman’s Big All-City squad.
In his lone season at Coffeyville, Smith played 23.4 minutes per game, averaging 8.3 points and 4.6 rebounds.
He will be a sophomore next season, as he joins a veteran-heavy Cowboy roster thanks to the depth of veteran additions Lutz made through the transfer portal.
More: Oklahoma State basketball schedule: 2024-25 Big 12 opponents set for Cowboys, Cowgirls
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