Schedule Watch: When Will The Thunder Lose? When Will The Nets Or Pelicans Win?

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The defending champion Thunder are disconnected to a 7-0 commencement while nan Pelicans and Nets are some winless 2 weeks into nan NBA season. Oklahoma City looks legitimately bully again while New Orleans and Brooklyn some look really bad.

The mobility is, which streak will extremity first?

Despite Zion Williamson's caller physique, nan Pelicans person nan worst discourtesy successful nan NBA astatine 107.7 points per crippled while nan Nets are fifth-worst astatine conscionable complete 111.9. They person 2 of nan 3 worst defenses successful nan convention pinch nan Pelicans giving up 125 points a crippled while nan Nets are surrendering a league-worst 127.6.

Meanwhile, nan Thunder person nan second-best defense and are scoring 122.1 points per game, which is fifth-best successful nan league.

The Thunder tin hit anyone. The Pelicans and Nets... can't. So really agelong tin nan Thunder stay undefeated and really agelong will nan Pelicans and Nets person to hold to sensation saccharine victory? And what comes first? Let's make immoderate bold predictions.

When will nan Nets win?

On Wednesday nan Nets will return connected nan Pacers who are without Tyrese Haliburton and disconnected to a 1-6 commencement of their ain this season. After that they play 2 playoff teams successful nan Knicks and Pistons earlier a very bully agelong against nan sub-.500 Raptors, Magic, Wizards and past 2 against nan Celtics. There are plentifulness of morganatic chances to triumph complete nan adjacent 9 games and it feels for illustration they should tally into a squad playing conscionable arsenic poorly astatine immoderate constituent during that stretch.

Prediction: The Nets will hit nan Wizards connected Sunday, Nov. 16 successful Washington aft starting nan play 0-13.

When will nan Pelicans win?

The Pelicans big nan Hornets connected Tuesday nighttime past recreation to Dallas to play nan Mavericks connected Wednesday. After that it's nan Spurs, Suns, Trail Blazers, Lakers, Warriors and Thunder. New Orleans could easy beryllium nan past squad to get a triumph this season.

Prediction: The Pelicans will hit nan Hawks astatine location connected Saturday, Nov. 22 aft starting nan play 0-17.

When will nan Thunder lose?

Maybe never. The Thunder are bully and want to support winning. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is nan champion subordinate successful nan convention erstwhile he plays. Last twelvemonth he didn't miss a crippled until January. The twelvemonth earlier he missed conscionable 1 crippled earlier March.

The Thunder's toughest contiguous trial will beryllium Tuesday nighttime against nan Clippers arsenic they statesman a four-game roadworthy travel that includes games against nan Blazers, Kings and Grizzlies. Then they play 2 location games against nan Warriors and Lakers who are some good, but you ne'er cognize who will beryllium playing. After that it's Hornets, Pelicans, Kings, Jazz and Blazers.

There are 3 perchance reliable games successful there, different 18-0 isn't retired of nan mobility earlier they return connected nan Timberwolves connected Thanksgiving eve connected ESPN. If they tin get done that game, they've sewage nan Suns and Blazers to extremity November and past things get really interesting.

The NBA grounds for nan champion commencement to a play is erstwhile nan '15-'16 Warriors won their first 24 games. The Thunder play their 24th crippled of nan play connected Dec. 7 against nan Jazz successful Utah. Then nan NBA Cup quarterfinals begin.

Prediction: The Thunder commencement 29-0 connected a technicality. The will beryllium 26-0 and suffer successful nan NBA Cup title crippled for nan 2nd twelvemonth successful a row, which will not count against their record. They'll past triumph 3 much games earlier they yet suffer to nan Spurs successful San Antonio connected Dec. 23, which is nan 2nd nighttime of a back-to-back 2 days earlier nan teams meet connected Christmas connected ABC.