{"id":592791,"date":"2026-02-09T16:19:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T16:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/592791\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T16:19:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T16:19:28","slug":"full-injury-report-for-mondays-thunder-vs-lakers-matchup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/592791\/","title":{"rendered":"Full injury report for Monday&#8217;s Thunder vs. Lakers matchup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Feb. 9, 2026, 8:01 a.m. CT<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:431px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/87243823007-usatsi-27573990.jpg\"  elementtiming=\"ar-lead-image\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Nov 12, 2025; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA; Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (2) shoots over Los Angeles Lakers guard Marcus Smart (36) during the second quarter at Paycom Center. Mandatory Credit: Alonzo Adams-Imagn Images\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/oklahoma-city-thunder\/25\/\" data-autotag=\"cd165858-eeda-4db8-a84a-db7a782e61e3\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a> will travel on the road to face the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/los-angeles-lakers\/13\/\" data-autotag=\"4d34a300-3059-4ec4-a4d3-4d636ac95816\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> on Monday. This will be the second matchup of the season between the two squads. Last time, OKC made a statement in a <a href=\"http:\/\/okcthunderwire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/thunder\/2025\/11\/13\/player-grades-sga-thunder-humiliate-doncic-lakers-in-121-92-win\/87243255007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">lopsided victory<\/a> on Nov. 12.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Thunder (40-13) have lost two in a row. A duct-tape offense wasn&#8217;t enough in a <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ej2bwVVdpS\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow\">112-106 loss<\/a> to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/houston-rockets\/10\/\" data-autotag=\"13a51ca7-e216-40c0-a272-58d18f5541d7\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Houston Rockets<\/a> on Saturday. Chet Holmgren had 17 points and 14 rebounds. Cason Wallace scored 23 points.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Meanwhile, the Lakers (32-19) have won three in a row. They had a 105-99 win over the Golden State Warriors on Saturday. LeBron James stepped up with 20 points and 10 rebounds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Thunder will be without their MVP candidate. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (abdominal strain) is out. Ajay Mitchell (abdominal strain) is out. Nikola Topic (testicular surgery) is out. Thomas Sorber (torn ACL) is out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Lakers will also be without their MVP candidate. Luka Doncic (hamstring strain) is out. Deandre Ayton (knee soreness) is probable. Adou Thiero (MCL sprain) is out.<\/p>\n<p>Need a news break? <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (play)|e|auto spike click:6|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/play.usatoday.com\/?itm_source=SPIKE&amp;itm_campaign=PLAYSPIKE&amp;itm_medium=ONSITE\">Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Tipoff from Los Angeles is set for 9 p.m. CT.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Feb. 9, 2026, 8:01 a.m. CT The Oklahoma City Thunder will travel on the road to face the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":592792,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3783],"tags":[72400,7,6,310,475,179,3966,3965,30882,72482,72492,72404,72487,72559,72546,72689,72566,72484,72666,72485,72526,72406,312,72403],"class_list":{"0":"post-592791","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-oklahoma-city-thunder","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-oklahoma","12":"tag-oklahoma-city","13":"tag-oklahoma-city-thunder","14":"tag-oklahomacity","15":"tag-oklahomacitythunder","16":"tag-sstssportsnbathunder","17":"tag-sstsnokc-thunder","18":"tag-tagajay-mitchell","19":"tag-tagbasketball","20":"tag-tagchet-holmgren","21":"tag-taghouston-rockets","22":"tag-taglebron-james","23":"tag-taglos-angeles-lakers","24":"tag-tagnikola-topic","25":"tag-tagoklahoma-city-thunder","26":"tag-tagoverall-negative","27":"tag-tagshai-gilgeous-alexander","28":"tag-tagsmg-timely","29":"tag-tagsports-news","30":"tag-thunder","31":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116041585835267354","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592791","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=592791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592791\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/592792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=592791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=592791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=592791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}