The Oklahoma City Thunder avoided a third consecutive loss on Monday as Jalen Williams led them to a 119-110 victory over the Lakers in Los Angeles. Now the Thunder plays the first game of a back-to-back, taking on the Suns in Phoenix.
The Suns are coming off a 120-111 win last night against the Dallas Mavericks, but despite playing 8 of their last 9 games at home, they gone just 4-4 in those home games. At 32-22 on the season, Phoenix sits 7th in the Western Conference with one of the league’s toughest remaining schedules.
OKC continues to play without Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, but the Thunder has capable talent in Jalen Williams and Chet Holmgren to fill in during his absence, alongside a lot of depth that is just waiting to pick up wherever necessary. It would be nice if the Thunder could get a win tonight and then head home tomorrow to host the Milwaukee Bucks ahead of the NBA All-Star Break.
Game Details
Tip-Off: 8 PM CT
Location: Mortgage Matchup Center (Phoenix, Arizona)
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, Phoenix Suns Official Game Notes
Projected Starters
Thunder
- PG: Cason Wallace
- SG: Luguentz Dort
- SF: Jalen Williams
- PF: Chet Holmgren
- C: Isaiah Hartenstein
Suns
- PG: Collin Gillespie
- SG: Devin Booker
- SF: Dillon Brooks
- PF: Royce O’Neale
- C: Mark Williams
Injury Report
Thunder
- Brooks Barnhizer (G League — two-way) is OUT.
- Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (strained abdominal) is OUT.
- Ajay Mitchell (strained abdominal) is OUT.
- Thomas Sorber (right ACL surgical recovery) is OUT.
- Nikola Topic (G League — two-way) is OUT.
Suns
- Grayson Allen (sprained right knee) is OUT.
- Cole Anthony (not with team) is OUT.
- Devin Booker (right ankle injury management) is QUESTIONABLE.
- Jalen Green (right hamstring injury management) is QUESTIONABLE.
- Isaiah Livers (sprained left shoulder) is OUT.
Head-to-Head
- Since arriving in Oklahoma City in 2008, the Thunder is 38-20 against the Suns (22-6 at home, 16-14 on the road).
- Since arriving in Oklahoma City in 2008, the Thunder have won the season series against the Suns 10 times, tied once, and lost 5 times.
- The Thunder went 3-0 against the Suns last season (2-0 at home, 1-0 on the road).
- OKC is 2-1 against Phoenix so far this season (2-0 at home, 0-1 on the road).