{"id":518929,"date":"2026-01-05T22:06:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T22:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/518929\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T22:06:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T22:06:12","slug":"oklahoma-city-thunder-vs-charlotte-hornets-regular-season-game-injury-report-whos-playing-whos-out-and-more-january-5-2026-nba-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/518929\/","title":{"rendered":"Oklahoma City Thunder vs Charlotte Hornets regular-season game injury report: Who\u2019s playing, who\u2019s out, and more (January 5, 2026) | NBA News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"OklahomaOklahoma City Thunder vs Charlotte Hornets. Image via: Getty Images The big league is going to witness another exciting matchup where the Oklahoma City Thunder will clash with the Charlotte Hornets. The game is scheduled on January 5, 2025. The City Thunder has won over 25 matches in the regular NBA season this time, and this gives them an advantage over the Hornets. However, as for the injury report, there are more than five players who won\u2019t be able to play tonight\u2019s matchup. As for the Charlotte Hornets, the team has only won 12 matches this season and has to reformulate its strategies in order to win this match. But the team also faces an absolute disadvantage with at least 6 players\u2019 uncertainty. From the latest injury report to the starting lineup, here is everything you need to know about tonight\u2019s matchup between the City Thunder and the Hornets. <\/p>\n

Oklahoma City Thunder regular-season game injury report against Charlotte Hornets (January 5, 2026)<\/p>\n

One of the very prominent teams of the big league has to be the Oklahoma City Thunder, as the team has won almost all the matches that it played, except for a few. With players like Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Jalen Williams, and Luguentz Dort, the team remains more unstoppable than ever. However, the injury of certain players, like Alex Caruso, might cost them their game tonight. The following are the injury updates and predicted lineup of the City Thunders for tonight\u2019s clash. <\/p>\n

Oklahoma City Thunder injuries<\/p>\n

Jaylin Williams: Out (Heel)Isaiah Hartenstein: Out (Calf)Ousmane Dieng: Out (Calf)Nikola Topic: Out (Testicular Cancer)Thomas Sorber: Out (ACL)Brooks Barnhizer: Questionable<\/p>\n

Predicted starting lineup<\/p>\n

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (PG)Luguentz Dort (SG)Jalen Williams (SF)Chet Holmgren (PF)Brandon Carlson (C)<\/p>\n

Charlotte Hornets regular-season game injury report against the Oklahoma City Thunder (January 5, 2026)<\/p>\n

One of the most deserving teams of the Eastern Conference is the Charlotte Hornets, who have also won the 2k25 Summer League, with Kon Knueppel being the match\u2019s MVP. However, this time their performance hasn\u2019t been up to the mark, as they have only won 12 matches out of the many played. Players such as Kon Knueppel and Grant Williams\u2019s presence is uncertain. The following are the injury updates and predicted lineup of the Hornets for tonight\u2019s clash <\/p>\n

Charlotte Hornets injuries<\/p>\n

Grant Williams: Out (Knee)Mason Plumlee: Out (Right groin)Ryan Kalkbrenner: Out (Elbow)Brandon Miller: Questionable (left knee)Kon Knueppel: Questionable (hip)Moussa Diabate: Questionable (wrist)Tidjane Salaun: Questionable (Ankle)<\/p>\n

Predicted starting lineup<\/p>\n

LaMelo Ball (PG)Miles Bridges (PF)Collin Sexton (PG)Josh Green (SG)PJ Hall (C)<\/p>\n

Oklahoma City Thunder vs Charlotte Hornets game details<\/p>\n

Date and time: January 5, 2026; 8:00 pm ETVenue: Paycom Centre, Oklahoma CityStreaming on: NBC\/Peacock, FDSSE, FDSOKAlso read: Oklahoma City Thunder vs Phoenix Suns regular season game: Full injury report, who’s out, where to watch, and more (January 4, 2026)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oklahoma City Thunder vs Charlotte Hornets. Image via: Getty Images The big league is going to witness another…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":518930,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3783],"tags":[19484,7,22020,71948,6,71946,21344,71945,71944,310,475,179,53603,71949,71943,3966,3965,312,71947],"class_list":["post-518929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oklahoma-city-thunder","tag-19484","tag-basketball","tag-charlotte-hornets-injury-report","tag-charlotte-hornets-starting-lineup","tag-nba","tag-nba-game-details-january-5","tag-nba-injury-updates","tag-nba-player-injuries-january-2026","tag-nba-regular-season-game","tag-oklahoma","tag-oklahoma-city","tag-oklahoma-city-thunder","tag-oklahoma-city-thunder-injury-report","tag-oklahoma-city-thunder-predicted-lineup","tag-oklahoma-city-thunder-vs-charlotte-hornets","tag-oklahomacity","tag-oklahomacitythunder","tag-thunder","tag-thunder-vs-hornets-live-stream"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=518929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518929\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/518930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=518929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=518929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=518929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}