The Oklahoma City Thunder will look to give fans an early Christmas present on Monday night as they host the Washington Wizards. The Wizards are just 4-22 on the season, and OKC is nearly a 20-point favorite as Washington is missing their best player in Kyle Kuzma.
OKC sits atop the Western Conference standings behind MVP-candidate Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, future NBA All-Star Jalen Williams, and a handful of NBA All-Defensive Team candidates. As long as the Thunder locks in defensively early, they should have very little trouble handling the Wizards before a brief 2-game road trip later this week.
Game Details
Tip-Off: 7 PM CT
Location: Paycom Center (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)
Television: FanDuel TV
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, Washington Wizards Official Game Notes
Projected Starters
Thunder
- PG: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
- SG: Cason Wallace
- SF: Luguentz Dort
- PF: Jalen Williams
- C: Isaiah Hartenstein
Wizards
- PG: Jordan Poole
- SG: Malcolm Brogdon
- SF: Bilal Coulibaly
- PF: Justin Champagnie
- C: Alexandre Sarr
Injury Report
Thunder
- Alex Ducas (G League — two-way) is OUT.
- Adam Flagler (G League —two-way) is OUT.
- Chet Holmgren (fractured right iliac wing) is OUT.
- Nikola Topic (sprained left knee) is OUT.
Wizards
- Kyle Kuzma (sprained rib) is OUT.
- Saddiq Bey (left ACL surgery) is OUT.
- Bilal Coulibaly (right groin soreness) is QUESTIONABLE.
Head-to-Head
- Since arriving in Oklahoma City in 2008, the Thunder is 18-12 against the Wizards (11-4 at home, 7-8 on the road).
- The Thunder has won the season series with the Wizards 6 times, lost it 3 times, and tied 7 times.
- The Thunder won the season series 2-0 against the Wizards last season (1-0 at home, 1-0 on the road).
- OKC has won 4 straight against Washington.