Oklahoma City Thunder notebook: Houston loss overshadows Thabo Sefolosha's career game

OPPONENT

FG-A (PCT.)

3FG-A (PCT.)

PTS

W

Dallas

41-91 (.451)

7-20 (.350)

114

L

Denver

45-93 (.484)

8-18 (.444)

121

W

LA Clippers

39-84 (.464)

4-16 (.250)

97

L

Golden State

37-84 (.440)

6-23 (.261)

104

W

Sacramento

36-86 (.419)

8-15 (.533)

95

L

LA Lakers

41-74 (.554)

7-17 (.412)

105

L

Cleveland

43-90 (.478)

9-18 (.500)

115

W

Phoenix

30-92 (.326)

4-14 (.286)

69

L

Utah

42-87 (.483)

7-19 (.368)

109

L

Houston

44-92 (.478)

15-33 (.455)

122

TOTALS

4-6

398-873 (.456)

75-193 (.389)

105.1

SEASON

39-15

.432

.354

97.7

BAD STRETCH

The Thunder (39-15) goes into Friday's 7 p.m. contest against Minnesota (20-31) at Chesapeake Energy Arena on a three-game losing streak, matching OKC's longest regular-season losing streak in the last four years.

Asked if this meant the team officially is in a slump, Sefolosha said: “No, we're not in a slump. It's part of the schedule. We've played some tough teams. We've played some teams that have played well. I don't think we're in a slump at all.”

Brooks noted 28 games remain in the season. “We've still got plenty of time to correct,” Brooks said. “We are not a broken team. We're just in a part of the season where we have to figure out some things and to correct it.”

TIP-INS

Starting center Kendrick Perkins, who missed Wednesday's game at Houston with a sprained knee, sat out of Thursday's practice. Perkins' status for Friday's game against the Timberwolves remains unknown. … Durant leads the NBA in free-throw percentage at .907. Martin is fourth at .901, trailing Durant, Golden State's Stephen Curry (.906) and Dallas' Darren Collison (.902). … Not only is Milwaukee's Larry Sanders comfortably ahead of Serge Ibaka in blocked shots (3.26 to 2.96 per game), he's doing it in 6½ fewer minutes per game (25.5 to 32.1). … OKC (7.5) is second in league in blocked shots to Milwaukee (7.6). … Durant (39.0) is second to Chicago's Luol Deng (39.5) in minutes per game.

QUOTABLE

Sefolosha, smiling when playfully asked if the Thunder held a players-only meeting, a la the Los Angeles Lakers: “Nah, we don't need that.”