Oklahoma City has won three in a row! That they’ve done so without their leading scorer (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander) makes the wins streak even more surprising.

Another win tonight would match a season-high four straight wins by the Thunder. The previous four-game run took place back in November and included a 105-103 win against Sacramento, who they’ll face Saturday night.

It’s been the defense that’s guided OKC to this latest win streak. They beat Portland twice, holding them to 81 and 93 points. In between was a 120-114 over Dallas. But that was an overtime game, tied 103-103 at the end of 48 minutes.

The Thunder are still last in the league in points per game (101.0). Sacramento has also been playing without its top scorer, De’Aaron Fox, recently. Fox could return tonight, but I wouldn’t expect him to be all that productive after missing the past seven games.

Nor are the Kings very likely to shoot as well as they did (52.4%) in Thursday’s loss to Golden State. The Under is 12-7 when this team is coming off a loss by 10 or more points. Take the UNDER