The Oklahoma City Thunder will meet the New Orleans Pelicans in an NBA game FREE Live streaming online from Smoothie King Arena at 8:00 PM ET
Oklahoma City (58-22) could have clinched the West's No. 2 spot Sunday at Indiana, but was outrebounded 46-32 and let the Pacers shoot 52.8 percent in a 102-97 defeat.
Kevin Durant scored 38 while Russell Westbrook added 21, though he was 7 of 23 from the field.
Westbrook, who averaged 28.5 points on 50.6 percent shooting over his previous four contests, is shooting 54.5 percent in two matchups this season with New Orleans. He recorded 24 points in just 28 minutes while helping the Thunder claim a 28-0 edge in fast-break points in Friday's 116-94 home win over the Pelicans. However, he hasn't played in both games of a back-to-back since Dec. 21-22 as the team tries to rest his surgically repaired right knee.
Oklahoma City clinches a second-place finish with one more win or a loss by the Clippers, who host Denver on Tuesday before visiting Portland on Wednesday. The Thunder wrap up the regular season at home Wednesday against Detroit.
"We just have to put it behind us. The last week or two we've been in a lot of playoff-type atmospheres," Durant said after Sunday's loss. "You can't gauge anything off of one game but you have to look at the whole season and see how we've grown."
Durant has led the Thunder's 10-game win streak in this series by shooting 62.2 percent, including 22 of 42 from 3-point range. His 53.4 career field-goal percentage against New Orleans is his highest against one opponent, and Oklahoma City has won 14 of the past 15 meetings.
The Pelicans (32-48) continue to trudge along with perhaps the league's most injury-plagued roster, losing eight in a row after a season-best five-game winning streak. It's their longest skid since an 11-game slide Dec. 5-22, 2012.
Anthony Davis and Eric Gordon are both out for the season while Tyreke Evans remains day to day.
The Thunder have dropped four of six on the road but have won six of their last seven trips to New Orleans.
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