Top-of-the-line Thunder face lowly Pelicans

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The top team in the Western Conference meets the bottom team Monday when the Oklahoma City Thunder host the New Orleans Pelicans.

The teams come into the game with something in common, though, both working through restrictions with significant pieces of their roster.

For the Thunder, who come into the game with the NBA's best record and on a five-game winning