The Oklahoma City Thunder are sitting pretty at 16-1 as they finally get a chance to regroup and stretch their legs in an elogated home stand. After taking Saturday off, the Thunder get back on the hardwood against the Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday inside the Paycom Center.
Oklahoma City’s lone loss this season falls at the hands of the Portland Trail Blazers on the second night of a road-road back-to-back set earlier this month. The Thunder blew a massive lead in that game as they simply, and obviously, ran out of gas at the end.
In this game, the OKC Thunder will once again be without All-NBA swingman Jalen Williams as their no. 2 scoring option still awaits his season debut following offseason wrist surgery. The Thunder’s top bench scorer, Aaron Wiggins, is set to miss his ninth straight game with an adductor strain. On top of these injuries, the Thunder will still await the season debut from veteran big man Kenrich Williams and rookie guard Nikola Topic.
Despite their hot start in the win column, the Thunder have needed to navigate injury adversity all season long. In addition to those out today, Oklahoma City has missed defensive-aces Lu Dort and Alex Caruso, Sharpshooter Isaiah Joe and Rising Star big man Chet Holmgren for multiple games this season and still found ways to win.
Here is what to watch for in this game.