Thunder’s Nikola Topic: Making first NBA start Friday

Topic is in the Thunder‘s starting lineup against the Nuggets on Friday, Brandon Rahbar of DailyThunder.com reports.

The Thunder are resting multiple starters and key rotational players for Friday’s game, so Topic will start for the first time in his NBA career. He appeared in three of the Thunder’s last four games and averaged 1.3 points, 3.0 assists and 1.7 rebounds over 10.0 minutes per game over that span.