The Oklahoma City Thunder puts its 7-game win streak on the line on Sunday afternoon as they host the Minnesota Timberwolves for a noon tip-off on national television. OKC has had a run of close games, with 6 of those 7 wins decided by an average of 6 points. This one is likely to be yet another decision finalized in the last few minutes of the game.
Isaiah Hartenstein is listed as questionable after missing the last 3 games with a calf contusion, and Anthony Edwards is questionable with knee soreness. I’m not convinced that IHart will play, but I’d be surprised if Ant-Man missed an opportunity to play one of his biggest rivals. Either way, any time these two teams meet, excitement follows.
5 of the last 7 regular season meetings between these two teams were decided by single digits, and Minnesota holds a 2-1 advantage over OKC so far this season. The Thunder has dealt with far more injuries than the Timberwolves, though, and that’s the case again in this one. Still, OKC continues to win games at less than full strength. If the Thunder can pick up a win in this one before heading out on a 5-game win streak, they’ll be that much closer to the league’s best record for the top overall seed in the playoffs.
Game Details
Tip-Off: 12 PM CT
Location: Paycom Center (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)
Television: ABC
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, Minnesota Timberwolves Official Game Notes
Projected Starters
Thunder
- PG: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
- SG: Ajay Mitchell
- SF: Cason Wallace
- PF: Luguentz Dort
- C: Chet Holmgren
Timberwolves
- PG: Donte DiVincenzo
- SG: Anthony Edwards
- SF: Jaden McDaniels
- PF: Julius Randle
- C: Rudy Gobert
Injury Report
Thunder
- Brooks Barnhizer (G League — two-way) is OUT.
- Branden Carlson (strained lower back) is OUT.
- Isaiah Hartenstein (left calf contusion) is QUESTIONABLE.
- Thomas Sorber (right ACL surgical recovery) is OUT.
- Nikola Topic (G League — on assignment) is OUT.
- Jalen Williams (strained right hamstring) is OUT.
Timberwolves
- Joan Beringer (G League — on assignment) is OUT.
- Anthony Edwards (right knee soreness) is QUESTIONABLE.
- Enrique Freeman (G League — two-way) is OUT.
- Julian Phillips (G League — on assignment) is OUT.
- Zyon Pullin (G League — two-way) is OUT.
Head-to-Head
- Since arriving in Oklahoma City in 2008, the Thunder is 40-28 against the Timberwolves (21-12 at home, 20-16 on the road) and 4-1 in the Playoffs (3-0 at home, 1-1 on the road).
- Since arriving in Oklahoma City in 2008, the Thunder has won the 4-game regular season series against the Timberwolves 9 times, lost it 4 times, and tied it 4 times.
- The Thunder went 2-2 against the Timberwolves in the 2024-25 regular season (1-1 at home, 1-1 on the road).
- OKC defeated Minnesota 4-1 in the Western Conference Finals (3-0 at home, 1-1 on the road).
- OKC is 1-2 against Minnesota so far this season (1-0 at home, 0-2 on the road).