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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. 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This is my first win outside of India. It means a great deal for me. I am very excited. Everyone has been telling me I have won a lot of times in India and its about time to win outside of India. I am glad I did it this week. I know every shot is crucial when you are in a play-off. I just tried to calm myself down out there, Chawrasia told the Asian Tour website after the win.The 38-year-old, who won the Hero Indian Open in March, carded a final round of six-uunder 66 to accumulate a four-day total of 19-under 269.ddddddddddddHeres the winning putt. @SSP_Golf seals fifth Asian Tour victory and first outside of India.Well done! #RWMMasters2016 #whereitsAT pic.twitter.com/iNdz8Kvxo4- Asian Tour (@asiantourgolf) 13 November 2016Jointly in lead with him were Malaysian Nicolas Fung (63) and American Sam Chen (65).The trio then fought it out in a playoff, in which Fung was the first to be eliminated after missing a birdie. Chawrasia held his nerves in the showdown with Chen to win the USD 1,000,000 tournament.Indias Shubhankar Sharma, Chiragh Kumar and Jyoti Randhawa, finished tied-4th, one stroke behind the top three. ' ' '