Vitals: Thunder at Pacers

Everything you need to know when Oklahoma City visits Conseco Fieldhouse.

Thursday, May 26th 2011, 11:35 am

By: News On 6

Originally Published: Mar 21, 2010 10:27 AM CDT

Gerald Goodridge
Oklahoma Sports Staff Writer

Oklahoma City Thunder (42-25) at Indiana Pacers (23-46)
Sunday, March 21, 2010, 1:30 p.m. CST.
Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Indiana
Game 68 of 82

Anticipated Starting Lineups

	Oklahoma City	Indiana
PG	Russell Westbrook 16.7 PPG, 8.0 APG	Earl Watson 7.6 PPG, 4.7 APG
SG	Thabo Sefolosha 5.8 PPG, 5.0 RPG	Brandon Rush 9.2 PPG, 4.3 RPG
SF	Kevin Durant 29.7 PPG, 7.5 RPG	Danny Granger 23.2 PPG, 5.6 RPG
PF	Jeff Green 14.8 PPG, 6.1 RPG	Troy Murphy 14.2 PPG, 9.9 RPG
C	Nenad Krstic 8.3 PPG, 5.1 RPG	Roy Hibbert 11.4 PPR, 5.8 RPG

Injuries
Oklahoma City: G James Harden (hamstring, out).
Indiana: G TJ Ford (groin, out); C Jeff Foster (back, out); F Danny Granger (face, day-to-day); F Tyler Hansbrough (ear, questionable).

Where to find it?
On TV: Fox Sports Oklahoma
On Radio: Thunder Radio Network

What you need to know...
Oklahoma City bounced back from a disappointing loss to Charlotte with a dominating performance over Toronto. The Thunder was up 97-65 over the Raptors after three quarters. Oklahoma City sits a game and a half behind Phoenix for fourth place in the Western Conference and with back-to-back games, could close the gap further.

The Pacers are losers of seven of their last 10 games and are 23 games under .500. Defensively Indiana has to step up its game if it stands any chance against Oklahoma City. The Pacers are giving up more than 104 points per game while Oklahoma City is averaging more than 100 points per game offensively.

Who to watch...
Danny Granger isn’t a household name, but that doesn’t mean that he shouldn’t be. The fifth-year forward is averaging 23.2 points per game while grabbing 5.6 points per game and even 2.7 assists from the small forward position.

Matching up against a bigger power forward, Jeff Green should be able to capitalize on his speed advantage to attack the basket and put points on the board for Oklahoma City.