Philly Mag: Sixers host Kevin Durant and OKC Thunder

If there’s any team you don’t want to see when trying to get back on track after losing 16 of your last 17 games, it’s Kevin Durant and the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Sure, the Thunder are capable of off nights, as evidenced by an inexplicable clunker at home against the Minnesota Timberwolves a week ago. But the Thunder, at 46-22 on the season and have matchup nightmares at virtually every position that make it difficult for the Sixers to compete, even if they were at full strength.

Still, while the Sixers got blown out by the Thunder earlier this season to the tune of a 102-85 defeat in OKC, they have played some surprisingly competitive games against Oklahoma City in recent years.

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