{"id":529168,"date":"2026-01-11T09:54:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T09:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/529168\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T09:54:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T09:54:26","slug":"thunder-announce-shai-gilgeous-alexander-injury-update-after-missing-grizzlies-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/529168\/","title":{"rendered":"Thunder Announce Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Injury Update After Missing Grizzlies Game"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander<\/a> did not play on Friday as the Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a> faced off against the Memphis Grizzlies<\/a>. The reigning NBA<\/a> Most Valuable Player missed the game due to an ankle sprain, marking just the second contest he\u2019s sat out for the Thunder this season.<\/p>\n

OKC still managed to defeat the Grizzlies despite Gilgeous-Alexander\u2019s absence, 117-116. Jalen Williams led the charge for the shorthanded Thunder, finishing with 26 points on 9-of-18 shooting, five rebounds, 10 assists, a steal and one block in 36 minutes of action.<\/p>\n

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The Thunder improved to 32-7 after beating Memphis. They remain first in the Western Conference and still have the best record in the NBA.<\/p>\n

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Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (2) missed their game against the Memphis Grizzlies.\u00a9 Jim Dedmon-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

OKC is back in action on Sunday. They will face the Miami Heat<\/a> at home as the Thunder look to make it three wins in a row.<\/p>\n

The good news for OKC is that Gilgeous-Alexander will be back against Miami. The Thunder announced the three-time All-Star\u2019s availability on Saturday. Gilgeous-Alexander was not listed on the team\u2019s official injury report<\/a> for the Heat game. <\/p>\n

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Gilgeous-Alexander is having another big year, and his return from an ankle injury is a crucial development for the Thunder. In 37 games played this season, the 27-year-old guard has averaged 31.9 points on 54.8% shooting, 4.5 rebounds, 6.4 assists and 1.4 steals in 33.3 minutes per contest. Gilgeous-Alexander is also knocking down 2.0 triples per game on a 39.8% clip.<\/p>\n

The Thunder will host the Heat on Sunday, with tip-off from Paycom Center scheduled for 7:00 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n

Related: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Issues Ultimatum to Thunder After Hawks Game<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was originally published by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Jan 11, 2026, where it first appeared in the NBA<\/a> section. Add Athlon Sports as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shai Gilgeous-Alexander did not play on Friday as the Oklahoma City Thunder faced off against the Memphis Grizzlies.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":529169,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3795],"tags":[7168,7,294,364,293,177,4070,189,6,179,209,181],"class_list":{"0":"post-529168","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-memphis-grizzlies","8":"tag-ankle-sprain","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-grizzlies","11":"tag-jalen-williams","12":"tag-memphis","13":"tag-memphis-grizzlies","14":"tag-memphisgrizzlies","15":"tag-miami-heat","16":"tag-nba","17":"tag-oklahoma-city-thunder","18":"tag-shai-gilgeous-alexander","19":"tag-the-grizzlies"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115875864193627645","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529168","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=529168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529168\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/529169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=529168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=529168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=529168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}