The Oklahoma City Thunder (8-4) continue their West Coast road trip on Friday night as they take on the Los Angeles Clippers (2-8). OKC is coming off back-to-back losses to the Trail Blazers in Portland, while the Clippers have lost 8 of their last 9, most recently a 133-110 loss to the Suns in Phoenix on Tuesday.
The last time the Thunder and the Clippers played, Jalen Williams left the game with a catastrophic injury to his left leg, and Cason Wallace tore his labrum. I don’t necessarily think that LA intentionally injured anyone, but I also can’t help but think OKC might want some type of revenge. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander took JDub’s injury especially hard, so don’t be surprised if he pops off tonight.
Game Details
Tip-Off: 9:30 PM CT
Location: Intuit Dome (Los Angeles, California)
Television: Thunder+, KSBI OKC & KQCW Tulsa
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, Los Angeles Clippers Official Game Notes
Projected Starters
Thunder
- PG: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
- SG: Jared McCain
- SF: Ajay Mitchell
- PF: Kenrich Williams
- C: Isaiah Hartenstein
Clippers
- PG: Darius Garland
- SG: Kris Dunn
- SF: Derrick Jones Jr.
- PF: Rui Hachimura
- C: Isaiah Jackson
Injury Report
Thunder
- Chet Holmgren (right knee patellar tendinitis) is OUT.
- Ajay Mitchell (sprained left ankle) is QUESTIONABLE.
- Thomas Sorber (right knee surgery) is OUT.
- Cason Wallace (left shoulder labral tear) is OUT.
- Jalen Williams (left ankle fracture) is OUT.
- Jaylin Williams (lower back spasms) is OUT.
Clippers
- Bradley Beal (right knee injury management) is OUT.
- Brandon Ingram (right heel surgery) is OUT.
- Nick Martinelli (G League — two-way) is OUT.
- Jordan Miller (left rotator cuff surgery) is OUT.
- Yanic Konan Niederhauser (right Lisfranc surgery) is OUT.
Head-to-Head
- Since arriving in Oklahoma City in 2008, the Thunder are 38-27 against the Clippers (25-8 at home, 13-19 on the road).
- Since arriving in Oklahoma City in 2008, the Thunder have won the season series against the Clippers 8 times, tied 4 times, and lost 6 times.
- The Thunder went 3-0 against the Clippers last season (1-0 at home, 2-0 on the road).
- The Thunder are 1-0 against the Clippers so far this season (1-0 at home, 0-0 on the road).
- The Thunder have won 9 straight games against the Clippers overall, including 4 straight meetings in Los Angeles.