The Oklahoma City Thunder has clinched the final play-in spot and will play on Wednesday night against an opponent to be determined after all the games are played today and the final seedings are settled. Before that can happen, however, the Thunder must wrap up the regular season with an Easter Sunday matinee at home against the Memphis Grizzlies.
The Grizzlies are also locked in to their playoff spot as the 2-seed, so as expected, both teams are resting a heavy majority of their players. While pretty much everybody is dealing with some sort of minor ailment at the least, it is disappointing that fans won’t get to see the regular rotations, but the extra rest will especially help certain guys—like Shai Gilgeous-Alexander— who have been playing through injury for a while.
Regardless of who sees the court today, these guys are still NBA players, and it should make for an exciting afternoon of basketball.
Game Details
Tip-Off: 2:30 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: Tre Mann
- SG: Isaiah Joe
- SF: Lindy Waters
- PF: Ousmane Dieng
- C: Jeremiah Robinson-Earl
Jazz
- PG: Luke Kennard
- SG: John Konchar
- SF: Ziaire Williams
- PF: David Roddy
- C: Xavier Tillman
Injury Report
Thunder
- Luguentz Dort is OUT (strained right shoulder).
- Josh Giddey is OUT (rest).
- Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is OUT (abdominal strain injury management).
- Chet Holmgren is OUT (right foot surgery).
- Aleksej Pokusevski is OUT (left knee contusion).
- Jalen Williams is OUT (strained right wrist).
- Jaylen Williams is OUT (lower back soreness).
- Kenrich Williams is OUT (scapholunate ligament rupture in left wrist).
Grizzlies
- Steven Adams is OUT (PCL sprain in right knee).
- Santi Aldama is DOUBTFUL (left elbow soreness).
- Desmond Bane is DOUBTFUL (left knee soreness).
- Dillon Brooks is DOUBTFUL (right groin soreness).
- Brandon Clarke is OUT (left achilles tear).
- Jaren Jackson Jr. is DOUBTFUL (left elbow soreness).
- Tyus Jones is DOUBTFUL (left foot soreness).
- Jake LaRavia is DOUBTFUL (right calf soreness).
- Ja Morant is DOUBTFUL (right hand soreness).
- Ziaire Williams is PROBABLE (right foot/ankle soreness).
Head-to-Head
- Since arriving in Oklahoma City in 2008, the Thunder is 29-23 against the Grizzlies (18-9 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 1-2 against the Grizzlies so far this season (1-0 at home, 0-2 on the road).