3 Scary Thunder stats that will haunt your nightmares

Halloween isn’t the only thing causing a scare, as the OKC Thunder have recorded some seriously haunting stat lines that should keep any fan up at night.

Rhyme schemes aside, this Oklahoma City team is far more flawed than their undefeated 4-0 record might lead you to believe.

While none of their mistakes or mishaps on the court have yet to prove detrimental, the Thunder must find a way to address some of their more problematic statistical quagmire as the season progresses.

Ranks third-worst as a team in 3-point percentage

After finishing last season as the most effective long-range shooting team in the Association, it is clear in these early stages of the 2024-25 campaign that the ball club’s top-shelf productivity has fallen off a cliff.

Down about 10 percentage points is the Thunder conversion at an alarmingly low level 31.2 percent clip from beyond the arc while racking up nearly five more attempts per game. game.

Such a low success rate trails every other team in the league except for the Philadelphia 76ers and Utah Jazz and falls directly behind projected basement dwellers in the Toronto Raptors (32.2) and Portland Trail Blazers (32.9), respectively.

Boasting a bottom-half offensive rating

Oklahoma City’s struggles on the offensive end outweigh their weak long-range shooting abilities so far into the season, as they rank 23rd in offensive rating (108.5), a category in which they ranked second in 2023-24 (118.3 ).

From their pedestrian points per matchups (ranked 19th at 112.3) and eighth-worst effective field goal percentage (51.2) to their low assist rates (ranked 20th at 24.5), the Thunder have proven to be a team in the bottom half on the offensive end off the floor.

Fortunately, their defensive efforts have helped make up for those lapses so far, but as the season progresses, they’ll need to find a way to get their offense to catch up if they want to legitimately contend for their second straight number one seed seed. and ultimately an NBA championship.

Second worst rebounding percentage

It was well known among the fanbase that the Thunder would struggle on the glass to start the 2024-25 season, what with splashy free agency signing Isaiah Hartenstein sidelined by a broken left hand, but perhaps no one could have predicted , how badly they would do.

Through this point in the season, OKC ranks with the second-worst rebounding percentage in the entire league at 46.5, but it goes much deeper than just that metric.

What makes those averages even worse for the ballclub is the fact that they allow their opponents to pull down a whopping 54.8 boards per game. game (14.5 on the offensive end), which is dead last.

Thunder fans are likely counting down the days until Hartenstein (career average of 15.5 rebounds per 100 possessions) returns to the hardwood, which is expected to come in early to mid-November.