The Oklahoma City Thunder held on late against the LA Clippers on Monday night for a 134-128 victory despite no Chet Holmgren. OKC gets a slightly easier opponent on Wednesday night as they host the injury-riddled New Orleans Pelicans.
The Pelicans are missing 4 starters plus a key bench player in Jose Alvarado, and they are not faring well through the process. Losers of 5 straight—plus 4 in a row on the road—New Orleans had high hopes entering the season. Now they’re just hoping they can hang on long enough for guys to get healthy so that they can have a shot at making the playoffs.
Game Details
Tip-Off: 6:30 PM CT
Location: Paycom Center (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)
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, New Orleans Pelicans Official Game Notes
Projected Starters
Thunder
- PG: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
- SG: Isaiah Joe
- SF: Luguentz Dort
- PF: Aaron Wiggins
- C: Jalen Williams
Pelicans
- PG: Brandon Boston
- SG: Brandon Ingram
- SF: Trey Murphy
- PF: Jeremiah Robinson-Early
- C: Yves Missi
Injury Report
Thunder
- Alex Ducas (G League — two-way) is OUT.
- Adam Flagler (G League — two-way) is OUT.
- Isaiah Hartenstein (fractured left hand) is OUT.
- Chet Holmgren (fractured right iliac wing) is OUT.
- Nikola Topic (left ACL surgery recovery) is OUT.
- Jaylin Williams (strained right hamstring) is OUT.
Pelicans
- Jose Alvarado (strained left hamstring) is OUT.
- Jordan Hawkins (strained lower back) is OUT.
- Herbert Jones (strained right shoulder) is OUT.
- Karlo Matkovic (G League — on assignment) is OUT.
- CJ McCollum (strained right adductor) is OUT.
- Dejounte Murray (fractured left hand) is OUT.
- Zion Williams (strained left hamstring) is OUT.
Head-to-Head
- Since arriving in Oklahoma City in 2008, the Thunder is 35-21 against the Pelicans (17-10 at home, 17-11 on the road) in the regular season and 4-0 against them in the playoffs (2-0 at home, 2-0 on the road).
- The Thunder have won the season series with the Pelicans 10 times, tied it once, and lost it 4 times.
- The Thunder went 2-1 against the Pelicans last season in the regular season (0-1 at home, 2-0 on the road) and 4-0 against them in the playoffs (2-0 at home, 2-0 on the road).