Oklahoma City stays on the road Wednesday when they take on the Magic in Orlando.
The Thunder won the first meeting between the two teams 102-94 back on Nov. 5 inside Chesapeake Energy Arena. In that game, Chris Paul and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander combined for 44 points.
Paul is coming off Monday’s win over the Rockets in which he scored 27 of his team-leading 28 points in the first half, effectively keeping OKC within striking distance as the Thunder put together yet another second-half comeback to earn a 112-107 victory.
Down by 17 in the third quarter, the win was Oklahoma City’s fourth-largest comeback victory this season. Their ability to claw back from double-digit deficits might continue to surprise the rest of the league, but Danilo Gallinari, who had 25 against the Rockets, told ESPN for the Thunder, it’s become routine.
“We showed it to everybody, to ourselves first, since the beginning of the season,” Gallinari said of Oklahoma City’s propensity for comebacks. “That’s what we do.”
As for the Magic, they also suffered a sluggish start on Monday, scoring just 19 points in the first quarter of their game against the Charlotte Hornets.
Orlando did come back to win, 106-83, buoyed by five three-pointers in the first half by Terrence Ross.
Tip-off in Orlando is set for 6 p.m. CT.