Okogie suffered left hamstring tightness during Friday's game against the Clippers, and won't return. After logging 14 minutes off the bench, Okogie headed to the locker room with left hamstring tightness,

Hopefully he leads us in that area. Just controlling the paint.” Durant on Josh Okogie: “I really appreciated how Josh approached the game and his love for his teammates. I wish him the best.

Allowing Josh Ogokie to gather himself ... it was definitely a whirlwind but these guys embraced me, showed me love,” Okogie told The Observer. “So, it was easy just to kind of get acclimated.”

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