The Oklahoma City Thunder has struggled to shoot the ball recently, but that hasn’t stopped them from pulling out wins. Last night, OKC managed just a 111-109 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers in the midst of some controversy surrounding an attempted time out by Blazers coach Chauncey Billups. Regardless of the situation, Jalen Williams hit a go-ahead shot 3 seconds to go.
Now OKC heads back out on the road for another road trip, and tonight they take on the San Antonio Spurs. Victor Wembanyama has had a solid rookie season thus far, and while the Spurs haven’t won many games, Wemby has so far proven to be pretty much what was expected out of him. He still has plenty of room to grow, but he’s putting up some impressive numbers, and while the Chet-Wemby argument seems to be the focus of many conversations, the Thunder need to focus on picking up another win and keeping their placement at the top of the West.
Tip-Off: 8:30 PM CT
Location: Frost Bank Center (San Antonio, Texas)
Television: ESPN
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, San Antonio Spurs Official Game Notes
Projected Starters
Thunder
- PG: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
- SG: Josh Giddey
- SF: Luguentz Dort
- PF: Jalen Williams
- C: Chet Holmgren
Spurs
- PG: Tre Jones
- SG: Devin Vassell
- SF: Keldon Johnson
- PF: Jeremy Sochan
- C: Victor Wembanyama
Injury Report
Thunder
- Ousmane Dieng is OUT (G League – on assignment).
- Tre Mann is OUT (G League — on assignment).
- Olivier Sarr is OUT (strained right hip flexor).
- Lindy Waters III is OUT (G League — two-way).
Spurs
- Dominick Barlow is OUT (G League — two-way).
- Charles Bassey is OUT (left ACL tear).
- Sidy Cissoko is OUT (sprained left ankle).
- Mamadi Diakite is OUT (G League – two-way).
- David Duke Jr. is OUT (G League — two-way).
Head-to-Head
- Since arriving in Oklahoma City in 2008, the Thunder is 26-28 against the Spurs in the regular season (18-10 at home, 8-18 away) and 10-8 against them in the playoffs (7-2 at home, 3-6 away).
- Since arriving in Oklahoma City, the Thunder has won the season series with the Spurs 3 times, lost it 7 times, and tied 5 times.
- The Thunder went 3-0 agains the Spurs last season (2-0 at home, 1-0 on the road).
- The Thunder is 1-0 against the Spurs so far this season (1-0 at home, 0-0 on the road).