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Clemente Almanza

2023 in-season tournament: Updated West Group C standings following Nov. 10

The Oklahoma City Thunder suffered their second consecutive defeat in the in-season tournament with a 105-98 loss to the Sacramento Kings on Friday.

In their first group game, the Thunder lost a heartbreaker in dramatic fashion against the Golden State Warriors last Friday. The two losses put OKC at the bottom of the West Group C standings.

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As a quick reminder, the first-placed winner of West Group C will advance to the eight-team knockout round along with the five other group winners and two at-large bids from each conference.

The tiebreaker for the final standings will be point differential from each team’s four group games.

Following the opening round of the eight-team single-elimination tournament, the final four will play in Las Vegas from Dec. 7 to Dec. 9 to determine the winner of the inaugural in-season tournament.

Here are the full standings with two in-season tournament games to go for the Thunder:

  1. Minnesota Timberwolves (1-0); plus-7 point differential
  2. Sacramento Kings (1-0); plus-7 point differential
  3. Golden State Warriors (1-0); plus-2 point differential
  4. San Antonio Spurs (0-1); negative-7 point differential
  5. Oklahoma City Thunder (0-2); negative-9 point differential

The Thunder have two in-season tournament games left. The next game will be against the San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday, Nov. 14 on TNT. The final one will be against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday, Nov. 28.

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