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Oklahoma City Thunder
7-2 · 3-2 on the road
Sat 2/27
2:30 PM PT
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6-2 · 2-1 at home
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The Thunder rank 18th in the NBA in offensive rating (110.6), and the Pistons have the best defensive rating (101.2). A tough test for the offense.

League average is 110.9, so the Thunder are 0.3 below it. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander leads them with 29.9 points a game on 56.2% true shooting.

2/272026-27 regular season
Before this gameSource: balldontlie box scores
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderTop scorer · OKC
Cade CunninghamTop scorer · DET
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2/272026-27 regular season
Before this gameSource: balldontlie box scores
Thunder7-2
Pistons6-2
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2/272026-27 regular season
Before this gameSource: balldontlie box scores
PistonsOffense
ThunderDefense
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2/272026-27 regular season
Before this gameSource: balldontlie box scores

Team vs team

Season before this game (OKC 9 games, DET 8). Small text is the league rank; ✓ marks the better number. Hover a stat for what it means.

OKCDET
Scoring
112.017th · Average
Points per game
NBA avg 113.4
111.121st · Below avg
107.45th · Top 5
Points allowed
NBA avg 113.5
101.81st · Top 5
+4.612th · Average
Point margin
NBA avg -0.2
+9.44th · Top 5
Efficiency
110.618th · Average
Offensive rating
NBA avg 110.9
111.615th · Average
106.45th · Top 5
Defensive rating
NBA avg 110.9
101.21st · Top 5
+4.211th · Average
Net rating
NBA avg -0.1
+10.52nd · Top 5
101.122nd
Pace
NBA avg 102.3
100.026th
Shooting
51.6%23rd · Below avg
Effective FG%
NBA avg 53.3%
54.9%7th · Above avg
55.7%24th · Below avg
True shooting %
NBA avg 57.2%
58.3%9th · Above avg
11.426th · Bottom 5
Threes made
NBA avg 13.2
13.912th · Average
34.8%16th · Average
Three-point %
NBA avg 34.9%
37.8%6th · Above avg
0.2327th · Bottom 5
Free-throw rate
NBA avg 0.29
0.2820th · Average
Defense
50.3%4th · Top 5
Opponent eFG%
NBA avg 53.3%
48.7%1st · Top 5
8.019th · Average
Steals
NBA avg 8.5
9.28th · Above avg
5.87th · Above avg
Blocks
NBA avg 5.0
6.53rd · Top 5
Possessions
12.1%1st · Top 5
Turnover rate
NBA avg 14.9%
14.6%13th · Average
26.5%17th · Average
Off. rebound rate
NBA avg 27.4%
24.1%26th · Bottom 5
46.47th · Above avg
Rebounds
NBA avg 44.1
44.015th · Average
22.029th · Bottom 5
Assists
NBA avg 26.2
26.911th · Average

Recent form

Oklahoma City Thunder
LLWWW

Last 5: average margin -0.2 (season +4.6). Streak W3.

Detroit Pistons
LWWWL

Last 5: average margin +7.4 (season +9.4). Streak L1.

Key players

Oklahoma City Thunder
PlayerPTSREBASTTS%
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderG 29.94.14.456.2
Ajay MitchellG 19.73.73.760.8
Jalen WilliamsG-F 13.74.73.347.2
Chet HolmgrenC-F 12.09.31.355.8
Detroit Pistons
PlayerPTSREBASTTS%
Cade CunninghamG-F 24.05.67.658.5
Duncan RobinsonF 19.01.92.269.7
Jalen DurenC 13.07.52.064.7
Paul ReedF 12.86.82.463.3

Injury report

Oklahoma City Thunder
Cason Wallace G · back ~3/2 Out
Chet Holmgren C-F · back ~1/2 Out
Jalen Williams G-F · back ~3/2 Out
Thomas Sorber C · back ~11/13 Out
Jaylin Williams F · back ~11/7 Day-To-Day
Detroit Pistons
Isaiah Joe G · back ~11/8 Out
Jalen Duren C · back ~11/9 Out

Team numbers are computed from every box score this season; ratings use the standard possession estimate. Data from balldontlie; this isn't official NBA data.

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