NBA Releases In-Season Tournament Schedule; When Does Thunder Play?

The NBA announces the In-Season Tournament schedule. When does the Oklahoma City Thunder play?

On Tuesday, the NBA released its In-Season Tournament schedule for each of the six groups. The Oklahoma City Thunder is in West Group C, which includes the Sacramento Kings, Golden State Warriors, Minnesota Timberwolves and San Antonio Spurs.

The team's with the best records from each group will advance to the knockout stages, and the two teams with the best records that missed out on advancing will play in a wildcard game.

Here is the Thunder's schedule for the tournament:

Nov. 3 - Thunder host Warriors at 7:00 p.m.

Nov. 10 - Kings host Thunder at 9:00 p.m.

Nov. 14 - Thunder host Spurs at 6:30 p.m.

Nov. 28 Timberwolves host Thunder at 7:00 p.m.

Key dates for the In-Season Tournament:

Nov. 3 - Group play begins

Nov. 28 - Group play ends

Dec. 4-5 - Quarterfinals

Dec. 9 - Semifinals

Dec. 9 - Championship

Takeaways:

The highly anticipated first regular season action between Chet Holmgren and Victor Wembanyama, two high-potential 7-footers, comes on November 14 in Oklahoma City at the Paycom Center. 

The Thunder saw Timberwolves twice in their first three games last season. The matchup was a tall task for the Thunder. It'll be fun to watch how the team handles the two-big-man approach the Timberwolves have, this time having Holmgren, who was out last season. 

Also, watching two young, elite players in Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Anthony Edwards battle will be fun to watch.

Being in contention year after year, the Warriors are a question mark as to how much focus they'll put into the In-Season Tournament. The Thunder is a young, unproven team that has a chance to further make a statement and arrival this season. 

For the Kings -- who made the jump to a top-3 team in the Western Conference last season -- they'll be an intriguing matchup for the Thunder. Both teams are littered with young talent and will play fast, and both will have added motivation to win the In-Season Tournament, which is a taste of winning important games. 

Playing in Sacramento may be the biggest challenge for the Thunder, whereas they'll get a shot at revenge against the Timberwolves, where they lost in the Play-In Tournament last season. 

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