The Oklahoma City Thunder battled closely with the Memphis Grizzlies for the majority of the game before taking over late to cruise down the stretch before an eventual 119-103 win. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander notched his 100th consecutive 20-point scoring game, and despite Memphis knocking down 18 threes, the Grizzlies gave up 21 turnovers, which the Thunder turned into 31 points.
Tuesday night brings the second game of a back-to-back for the Thunder as they travel to San Antonio to take on the Spurs in a grudge match after a 2-point loss in the Cup Semifinal a little over a week ago. Victor Wembanyama is still on a minutes restriction, but OKC has been dealing with the injury bug for a while now. Several keys guys came off the injury report ahead of today’s game, though, as both teams will go to battle for the first of two meetings in just three days.
The Spurs are working their way into the contender conversation, and the Thunder has plenty to prove as doubts are beginning to creep in due to a couple of close losses, so tonight’s meeting should be yet another fun one.
Game Details
Tip-Off: 7:30 PM CT
Location: Frost Bank Arena (San Antonio, Texas)
Television: FanDuel Sports Network – 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, San Antonio Spurs Official Game Notes
Projected Starters
Thunder
- PG: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
- SG: Luguentz Dort
- SF: Jalen Williams
- PF: Chet Holmgren
- C: Isaiah Hartenstein
Spurs
- PG: De’Aaron Fox
- SG: Stephon Castle
- SF: Devin Vassell
- PF: Harrison Barnes
- C: Luke Kornet
Injury Report
Thunder
- Ousmane Dieng (strained right calf) is OUT.
- Ajay Mitchell (concussion protocol) is OUT.
- Thomas Sorber (right ACL surgical recovery) is OUT.
- Nikola Topic (surgical recovery) is OUT.
- Aaron Wiggins (right adductor soreness) is QUESTIONABLE.
- Jaylin Williams (right heel bursitis) is OUT.
Spurs
- Harrison Ingram (G League — two-way) is OUT.
- David Jones Garcia (G League — two-way) is OUT.
- Stanley Umude (G League — two-way) is OUT.
- Victor Wembanyama (left calf injury management) is QUESTIONABLE.
Head-to-Head
- Since arriving in Oklahoma City in 2008, the Thunder is 30-31 against the Spurs in the regular season (20-10 at home, 10-20 away, 0-1 at neutral location) and 10-8 against them in the playoffs (7-2 at home, 3-6 away).
- Since arriving in Oklahoma City, the Thunder have won the season series with the Spurs 5 times, lost 7 times, and tied 5 times.
- The Thunder went 2-1 against the Spurs last season (1-0 at home, 1-1 on the road).
- OKC is 0-1 against the Spurs so far this season (0-0 at home, 0-0 on the road, and 0-1 at neutral location).