SGA returns to Thunder lineup for game against Nuggets
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is set to return to the Oklahoma City Thunder lineup after missing nine games due to an abdominal injury.
NOW KOCO 5 SPORTS IS BACK, Y’ALL. YEAH, SGA BACK TOMORROW NIGHT. JUST IN TIME FOR THE GAME AGAINST THE DENVER NUGGETS, WHICH IS GOING TO BE GREAT. FEELS LIKE THIS GUY HASN’T PLAYED IN FOREVER. IT’S ONLY BEEN NINE GAMES BECAUSE OF AN ABDOMINAL INJURY. BUT SGA BACK ON FRIDAY NIGHT IN OKLAHOMA CITY AND HERE WE COME. WE COME BEARING GOOD NEWS ON THURSDAY NIGHT. SOMETIMES THAT’S THE CASE. DOESN’T GET A LOT BETTER THAN SGA COMING BACK FOR A GAME AGAINST THE NUGGETS. EITHER OF THE NINE GAMES HE MISSED OKLAHOMA CITY FIVE AND FOUR. NOT BAD. SURVIVED PRETTY GOOD. BUT THIS IS THE TIME OF THE YEAR. REALLY. YOU WANT TO BE PLAYING YOUR BEST AND THE OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER BOY GETTING A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO THAT COMING UP TOMORROW NIGHT. THIS IS WHAT WE’VE BEEN MISSING, MAN. THE BEST SCORER ON PLANET EARTH. TO BE THE MVP AGAIN AND THE REIGNING FINALS MVP BACK. MAYBE FOR THE FINAL 22 GAMES OF THE SEASON, 22 GAMES TO GO. I’LL TELL YOU THIS, THOUGH, THE SPURS ARE NIPPING AT THEIR HEELS. RIGHT? THERE’S THE STANDING IN THE WESTERN CONFERENCE. THE THUNDER HAVE A TWO GAME LEAD THAT LEADS DOWN TO TWO GAMES. AND LISTEN UP. SPURS ARE PLAYING AWESOME. THEY’VE WON TEN STRAIGHT SO IT’S A GREAT TIME TO GET BACK IN THE LINEUP. NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. TOMORROW NIGHT THE DENVER NUGGETS COMING TO TOWN TO FACE THE OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER PAYCOM CENTER DOWNTOWN OKC, WHICH I TELL YOU, THEY MIGHT PLAY AGAIN IN THE PLAYOFFS. WHO KNOWS HOW THAT WILL GO. AND I DO KNOW YOU’RE WONDERING ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHER INJURIES. JAYLEN WILLIAMS MAYBE HE’LL BE REEVALUATED ONE WEEK FROM TONIGHT. SO MAYBE JAYLEN WILLIAMS TWO BACK SOONE
SGA returns to Thunder lineup for game against Nuggets
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is set to return to the Oklahoma City Thunder lineup after missing nine games due to an abdominal injury.
Updated: 6:30 PM CST Feb 26, 2026
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, known as SGA, is back in the Oklahoma City Thunder lineup on Friday night after missing nine games due to an abdominal injury, just in time for the game against the Denver Nuggets.>> Download the KOCO 5 app | Subscribe to KOCO 5’s YouTube channel | Sign up for KOCO 5’s Morning NewsletterThe Thunder managed a 5-4 record during SGA’s absence, which is not bad, but this is the time of year when the team wants to be playing their best.Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here.Watch the video above to hear more about SGA’s return and Friday’s game against the Nuggets.Top HeadlinesActor Macaulay Culkin files to have Oklahoma arrest from 2004 expungedFugitive captured after escaping Oklahoma Department of Corrections custodyHere’s who has faced fallout from the Epstein files2 people taken to hospital after damaging crash in Midwest CityHuman remains found on OU construction site believed to be cadavers used in early 1900s
OKLAHOMA CITY —
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, known as SGA, is back in the Oklahoma City Thunder lineup on Friday night after missing nine games due to an abdominal injury, just in time for the game against the Denver Nuggets.
>> Download the KOCO 5 app | Subscribe to KOCO 5’s YouTube channel | Sign up for KOCO 5’s Morning Newsletter
The Thunder managed a 5-4 record during SGA’s absence, which is not bad, but this is the time of year when the team wants to be playing their best.
Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here.
Watch the video above to hear more about SGA’s return and Friday’s game against the Nuggets.
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