Despite hosting a short-handed Minnesota Timberwolves squad, the Oklahoma City Thunder couldn’t get it done at home on Friday night, dropping a fifth straight loss for their longest losing streak of the season. The competition doesn’t get any easier at all Saturday night as they host Ja Morant and the Memphis Grizzlies.
The Grizzlies are the top team in the Western Conference at the moment, riding a 7-game win streak, which includes a 41-point beatdown of the Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday night. The Thunder is going to have play a great game in order to keep this one close, but after dropping 10 of their last 14, perhaps OKC might have some extra desire to grab a win in front of the home crowd.
Game Details
Tip-Off: 7 PM CT
Location: Paycom Center (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)
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, Memphis Grizzlies Official Game Notes
Projected Starters
Thunder
- PG: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
- SG: Josh Giddey
- SF: Jaylen Williams
- PF: Aaron Wiggins
- C: Aleksej Pokusevski
Grizzlies
- PG: Ja Morant
- SG: Dillon Brooks
- SF: John Konchar
- PF: Jarren Jackson
- C: Steven Adams
Injury Report
Thunder
- Darius Bazley is OUT (non-Covid illness).
- Ousmane Dieng is OUT (non-displaced fractured right wrist).
- Luguentz Dort is OUT (sprained right wrist).
- Chet Holmgren is OUT (right foot surgery).
- Jeremiah Robinson-Earl is OUT (sprained right ankle).
- Kenrich Williams is OUT (sprained right knee).
Grizzlies
- Desmond Bane is OUT (sprained right big toe).
- Danny Green is OUT (left knee surgery recovery).
- Jake LaRavia is DOUBTFUL (left foot soreness).
- Kenneth Lofton Jr. is OUT (G League — two-way).
Head-to-Head
- Since arriving in Oklahoma City in 2008, the Thunder is 28-23 against the Grizzlies (17-9 at home, 11-14 on the road) in the regular season and 9-10 in the playoffs (6-5 at home, 3-5 on the road).
- Since arriving in Oklahoma City in 2008, the Thunder has won the season series against the Grizzlies 8 times and lost it 5 times.
- The Thunder went 1-2 against the Grizzlies last season (0-1 at home, 1-1 on the road).
- The Thunder is 0-2 against the Grizzlies so far this season (0-0 at home, 0-2 on the road).