OKLAHOMA CITY -- Like every team in the NBA, the Oklahoma City Thunder were hit hard with the news that TNT sideline reporter Craig Sager succumbed to his battle with Leukemia Thursday afternoon.Friday after practice, the Thunder players had a chance to express their thoughts on the man they all grew up watching.I think he was an incredible ambassador for our league, Thunder forward Nick Collison said. If you look at how popular the league is now and where it came from, he was a part of all that. He was in everybodys living room at home. I got a chance to talk to him quite a bit. These last couple of years when he was sick, he really made an impact on a lot of people. He made an impact on myself.Phoenix coach Earl Watson, who once played for the Thunder, also had nothing but high praise for Sager.Every genius, theyre not afraid of being who they are, Watson told Azcentral.com. He was a genius at his job, a genius at everything hes done. We all embraced him. Its like a great quote, I dont know who said it: Be who you are, the world will adjust. And hes the greatest example of that.According to a Thunder official, they do have something special planned to honor Sager.On the court, the Thunder (15-11) come into Saturday nights contest with Phoenix riding a two-game losing streak. They fell to Portland and Utah on back to back nights earlier in the week.However, both contests took place without guard Victor Oladipo, the teams second-leading scorer. Oladipo took a hard fall against Boston last week that knocked the wind out of him. In the process, he hurt his right wrist, which is why he sat out the two games.Without Oladipo, the Thunder are missing 16 points a game and the only other player outside of Russell Westbrook who can drive to the rim and make plays. But more importantly, they are missing their best defender in the back court.Defensively and offensively, he is a big part of our family, Enes Kanter said. Every game we need him bad. I just wish he gets well soon and gets to play with us.According to Oklahoma City coach Billy Donovan, Oladipo will be re-evaluated Friday to determine if he will be available to play against Phoenix.Even though the Suns (8-18) own the third-worst record in the Western Conference, playing them shorthanded at the guard spot is not an ideal situation.The combination of Eric Bledsoe, Devin Booker, TJ Warren and Brandon Knight average 68.9 points.Bledsoe has been especially dangerous for the Suns in the fourth quarter. Only Oklahoma Citys Westbrook has scored more points than Bledsoe in the clutch, which is the last five minutes of the fourth quarter or overtime with no team leading by more than five points.Im just being more aggressive, Bledsoe told ArizonaSports.com, being confident; taking the shot and living with it. Womens Los Angeles Angels Jerseys . 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His TD passes went for 56, 49, 23, 23, 43, 34 and 15 yards.The Sooners scored on five of their six second-half possessions, and the exception was when they ran out the clock in the fourth quarter.Joe Mixon caught three touchdowns passes and Dede Westbrook had two for the Sooners (5-2, 4-0 Big 12). Mixon also ran for two touchdowns, a 46-yarder and a 42-yarder. He finished with 263 yards rushing and 114 yards receiving. Hes the first Sooner ever to reach 200 yards rushing and 100 receiving in the same game.I thought Joe Mixon just had a game for the ages, Sooners coach Bob Stoops said. Just incredible.Westbrook caught nine passes for 202 yards.Hes phenomenal, Texas Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury said. Hes just better than anybody we had on the field.Pat Mahomes threw for five touchdowns and 734 yards for Texas Tech (3-4, 1-3). His passing yards total tied the NCAA record, matching Connor Halliday when Washington State played California in 2014.Someone told me (about tying the passing record) in the locker room, Mahomes said. But, like I said, we didnt win the game, so it really didnt matter.The 125 points are the second-most in a game involving a ranked team. The record is 133 in No. 9 West Virginias 70-63 victory over No. 25 Baylor on Sept. 29, 2012.The teamss surpassed the 1,640 yards gained when Nevada played San Jose State in 2001.ddddddddddddOklahoma defensive coordinator Mike Stoops was disappointed in his unit.Everything we did, they had guys running free pretty much all night, he said. We thought we were making improvements. To fall on our face like this, weve got to re-evaluate some things were doing.Kingsbury was glad the game wasnt an embarrassment that last weeks 48-17 loss to West Virginia.I thought we were into it, a lot more passionate at least, he said. I thought at least we had good energy.THE TAKEAWAYOklahoma: The Sooners relied heavily on Mixon, who finished with 31 carries, and his work made it easier to be without Samaje Perine. Perine, who has six rushing TDs, is out for at least two weeks with a pulled leg muscle .Texas Tech: The Red Raiders defense, often derided as weak and porous, put together three stops against the Sooners in the first half. Texas Tech forced punts on two OU possessions and held the Sooners on fourth-and-1 when they stopped Mixon deep in Red Raiders territory.POLL IMPLICATIONSOklahoma likely wont move up much in the AP Top 25 poll after the win -- Texas Tech hasnt been ranked this season -- but the Red Raiders might get some votes after playing the Sooners so closely.EVEN OFFENSEBoth teams finished with the same number of total yards -- 854. The longest pass play by each quarterback was 56 yards. 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