The Oklahoma City Thunder wasted no time on Sunday night in extending their current win streak as they jumped on the visiting Memphis Grizzlies early and never looked back. Leading from start to finish, the Thunder’s starter sat out the entire fourth quarter as all 15 active players saw the court on the way to the 124-93 victory.
After a pretty effortless win against the Grizzlies, the level of competition increases for the next two games starting with tonight’s matchup against the Indiana Pacers. OKC is 24-11 against teams with a record of .500 or better, and Indiana has fared positive against teams with a winning record going 22-18. The Thunder obviously would like to stay atop the West in order to maintain home court advantage throughout the playoffs, but the Pacers are just barely outside of a top 6 spot in the East, which would allow them to skip the Play-In game. As the season winds down, there are plenty of games that have some type of postseason implication, but the Thunder need to focus on the task at hand and take care of business tonight.
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, Indiana Pacers Official Game Notes
Projected Starters
Thunder
- PG: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
- SG: Josh Giddey
- SF: Luguentz Dort
- PF: Jalen Williams
- C: Chet Holmgren
Pacers
- PG: Tyrese Haliburton
- SG: Andrew Nembhard
- SF: Aaron Nesmith
- PF: Pascal Siakim
- C: Myles Turner
Injury Report
Thunder
- Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is AVAILABLE (sprained left ankle).
- Chet Holmgren is OUT (right foot surgery).
- Lindy Waters III is AVAILABLE (plantar fasciitis in left foot).
- Kenrich Williams is OUT (scapholunate ligament surgery in left wrist).
Pacers
- Kendall Brown is OUT (stress reaction in right tibia).
- Chris Duarte is OUT (left ankle soreness).
- Tyrese Haliburton is OUT (sprained right ankle, sore left elbow).
- Myles Turner is QUESTIONABLE (left ankle soreness).
- Gabe York is QUESTIONABLE (G League — two-way).
Head-to-Head
- Since arriving in Oklahoma City in 2008, the Thunder is 13-14 against the Pacers (8-4 at home, 5-10 on the road).
- Since arriving in Oklahoma City in 2008, the Thunder has won the season series against the Pacers 3 times, lost it 4 times, and tied 6 times.
- The Thunder tied the season series 1-1 (0-1 at home, 1-0 on the road) last season.
- The Thunder is 1-0 against the Pacers so far this season (1-0 at home, 0-0 on the road).