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NBA looking ahead: Warriors host to Thunder on Thursday

The Golden State Warriors' Stephen Curry, right, launches a shot. during a preseason game against the Lakers.
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By Ben Bolch
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OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER

AT GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS

7:30 p.m. Thursday.

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TV: TNT.

Details: These were thought to be teams passing in the night, and the Western Conference standings, before Russell Westbrook’s early return restored the Thunder’s elite status. Now it’s the Warriors who have injury concerns after Stephen Curry’s bruised left ankle forced him to sit out a game against San Antonio. Golden State is clearly not the same offensive force without its star point guard who is averaging 18.6 points and 9.2 assists. The Warriors scored a season-low 74 points in their loss against the Spurs.

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Ben Bolch

Ben Bolch has been a Los Angeles Times staff writer since 1999. He is serving his second stint as the UCLA beat writer, which seems fitting since he has covered almost every sports beat except hockey and horse racing. Bolch is also the author of the recently released book “100 Things UCLA Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.” He previously covered UCLA basketball from 2010-11 before going on to cover the NBA and the Clippers for five years. He happily traded in gobs of hotel points and airline miles to return to cover UCLA basketball and football in the summer of 2016. Bolch was once selected by NBA TV’s “The Starters” as the “Worst of the Week” after questioning their celebrity journalism-style questions at an NBA All-Star game and considers it one of his finer moments.

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