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The Thunder’s role players have been so good that the Thunder have a plus-10.6 point differential per 100 possessions with SGA on the bench. That matches the overall point differential of the Houston Rockets, who have the best point differential in the NBA other than the Thunder. So even with SGA on the bench, the Thunder have performed as well as any other team in the league.
Crucially, the Thunder are young. Oklahoma City’s top nine players in minutes per game are all 27 years old or younger. The 2015-16 Warriors had four players who were at least 30 in the top nine of their rotation and the 1996-97 Bulls had six. Young legs matter in the regular season, and the Thunder have young players who are already battle-tested thanks to last season’s playoff run.



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