The Oklahoma City Thunder suffered one of the worst meltdowns in the modern NBA on Monday when they gave away a 25-point fourth-quarter lead to the visiting Minnesota Timberwolves, but they have an opportunity to get back on track Wednesday night as they kick off a 3-game road trip in Brooklyn against the Nets.
Brooklyn is on the outside looking in on the play-in in the Eastern Conference, and despite being just 1.5 games back of the 10th spot, they will be without at least 3 of their starters tonight against the Thunder. Cameron Johnson is questionable, so he may also sit out, and if that happens, the Nets will be missing their top 4 scorers.
Meanwhile, OKC is back to near full strength as Chet Holmgren returns to the starting lineup after a night of rest on Monday, and Isaiah Hartenstein isn’t even listed on the injury report after exiting early in the third quarter of the game on Monday. This is a great opportunity for the Thunder to remind the league just how good they are, and while Brooklyn isn’t exactly a formidable foe, OKC needs to take the game seriously and take care of the Nets early.
Game Details
Tip-Off: 6:30 PM CT
Location: Barclays Center (Brooklyn, New York)
Television: FanDuel Sports Network
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, Brooklyn Nets Official Game Notes
Projected Starters
Thunder
- PG: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
- SG: Luguentz Dort
- SF: Jalen Williams
- PF: Chet Holmgren
- C: Isaiah Hartenstein
Nets
- PG: Killian Hayes
- SG: Ziaire Williams
- SF: Keon Johnson
- PF: Cameron Johnson
- C: Day’Ron Sharpe
Injury Report
Thunder
- Branden Carlson (G League — two-way) is OUT.
- Alex Ducas (G League — two-way) is OUT.
- Dillon Jones (G League — on assignment) is OUT.
- Ajay Mitchell (sprained right great toe) is OUT.
- Nikola Topic (left knee surgery) is OUT.
Nets
- Kendall Brown (G League — two-way) is OUT.
- Nic Claxton (suspension) is OUT.
- Noah Clown (sprained left ankle) is OUT.
- Cameron Johnson (lower back contusion) is QUESTIONABLE.
- De’Anthony Melton (left knee ACL tear) is OUT.
- D’Angelo Russell (sprained right ankle) is OUT.
- Cam Thomas (strained left hamstring) is OUT.
- Dariq Whitehead (G League — on assignment) is OUT.
Head-to-Head
- Since arriving in Oklahoma City in 2008, the Thunder is 20-10 against the Nets (10-5 at home, 10-5 on the road).
- Since arriving in Oklahoma City in 2008, the Thunder has won the season series against the Nets 7 times, lost it once, and tied 7 times.
- The Thunder went 1-1 against the Nets last season (1-0 at home, 0-1 on the road).
- So far this season, the Thunder is 1-0 against the Nets (1-0 at home, 0-0 on the road).