Oklahoma City faces Indiana, looks to break road slide

Oklahoma City Thunder (20-38, 13th in the Western Conference) vs. Indiana Pacers (26-31, ninth in the Eastern Conference)

Indianapolis; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EDT

BOTTOM LINE: Oklahoma City will attempt to break its six-game road losing streak when the Thunder play Indiana.

The Pacers have gone 9-17 at home. Indiana averages 42.4 rebounds per game and is 10-4 when winning the rebound battle.

The Thunder are 11-18 in road games. Oklahoma City is eighth in the league with 45.4 rebounds per game led by Moses Brown averaging 8.4.

The matchup Wednesday is the first meeting of the season for the two teams.

TOP PERFORMERS: T.J. McConnell leads the Pacers with 6.5 assists and scores 8.2 points per game. Caris LeVert is averaging 5.1 rebounds and 21.5 points per game over the last 10 games for Indiana.

Ty Jerome ranks second on the Thunder averaging 2.1 made 3-pointers while scoring 10 points per game and shooting 40.8% from beyond the arc. Theo Maledon is averaging 11.5 points and 3.9 rebounds while shooting 33.6% over the last 10 games for Oklahoma City.

LAST 10 GAMES: Pacers: 5-5, averaging 118.9 points, 44.2 rebounds, 25.8 assists, 8.7 steals and 7.1 blocks per game while shooting 47.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 122.1 points on 47.6% shooting.

Thunder: 0-10, averaging 101.2 points, 47.3 rebounds, 21.1 assists, 6.5 steals and 4.7 blocks per game while shooting 43.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 121.8 points on 47.1% shooting.

INJURIES: Pacers: Domantas Sabonis: out (back), TJ Warren: out for season (foot), Myles Turner: out indefinitely (toe), Jeremy Lamb: out (knee).

Thunder: Gabriel Deck: out (not with team), Josh Hall: out (knee), Mike Muscala: out (ankle), Isaiah Roby: out (toe), Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: out (foot), Luguentz Dort: out (hip).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.