The Oklahoma City Thunder’s 4-game win streak came to an end Thursday night when the Denver Nuggets pulled away late to win 122-110 at the Paycom Center. The Thunder now sits at 4-4, and despite just a .500 record, they’ve been competitive every single tonight. Whether that trend will continue remains to be seen as tonight OKC takes on the Milwaukee Bucks on the road.
The Bucks are the league’s lone undefeated team at 8-0, but they might be a little tired as they defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves 115-102 last night in Minneapolis. OKC is of course an underdog, but they’ve covered the spread more often than not this season, and they’re perfect on the road thus far, so perhaps Thunder fans are in for another nail-biter.
Game Details
Tip-Off: 7 PM CT
Location: Fiserv Forum (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
Television: Bally Sports Oklahoma
Radio: WWLS 98.1FM OKC The Sports Animal
Twitter: Follow @ZacharyLowNBA for live tweets and discussion during the game
Game Notes: Oklahoma City Thunder Official Game Notes, Milwaukee Bucks Official Game Notes
Projected Starters
Thunder
- PG: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
- SG: Josh Giddey
- SF: Luguentz Dort
- PF: Jalen Williams
- C: Jeremiah Earl-Robinson
Bucks
- PG: Jrue Holiday
- SG: Jevon Carter
- SF: Grayson Holiday
- PF: Giannis Antetokounmpo
- C: Brook Lopez
Injury Report
Thunder
- Chet Holmgren is OUT (right foot surgery).
- Aleksej Pokusevski is OUT (right shoulder bursitis).
Bucks
- Giannis Antetokounmpo is QUESTIONABLE (left knee soreness).
- Pat Connaughton is OUT (strained right calf).
- A.J. Green is OUT (nasal fracture surgery).
- Joe Ingles is OUT (left knee ACL surgery).
- Sandro Mamukelashvili is OUT (concussion protocol).
- Khris Middleton is OUT (left wrist ligament surgery).
Head-to-Head
- Since arriving in Oklahoma City in 2008, the Thunder is 14-13 against the Bucks in the regular season (7-6 at home, 7-7 on the road).
- Since arriving in Oklahoma City in 2008, the Thunder has won the season series with the Bucks 4 times, lost it 3 times, and tied it 7 times.
- The Thunder went 0-2 against the Bucks last year (0-1 at home, 0-1 on the road).