{"id":635569,"date":"2026-03-03T01:13:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T01:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/635569\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T01:13:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T01:13:24","slug":"shai-gilgeous-alexander-returns-to-okcs-injury-report-ahead-of-bulls-matchup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/635569\/","title":{"rendered":"Shai Gilgeous-Alexander returns to OKC&#8217;s injury report ahead of Bulls matchup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/oklahoma-city-thunder\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a> All-Star <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/oklahoma-city-thunder\/thunder-news-shai-gilgeous-alexander-injury-update-win-mavericks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shai Gilgeous-Alexander gave reporters a positive response<\/a> following his first two games back from an abdominal injury, he&#8217;s ruled out for Tuesday&#8217;s matchup against the <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/chicago-bulls\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago Bulls<\/a>. Gilgeous-Alexander will miss the first leg of the Thunder&#8217;s back-to-back, ending against the New York Knicks on Wednesday. He&#8217;ll most likely return to take on the Knicks.<\/p>\n<p>Starting center Isaiah Hartenstein joined Gilgeous-Alexander&#8217;s name on the Thunder&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Joe_Sway\/status\/2028612172536778959\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">injury report<\/a> as players ruled out for Tuesday&#8217;s matchup. Hartenstein returned from a calf injury on Friday. Both Thunder players missed overtime in Friday&#8217;s 127-121 win against the Denver Nuggets and will miss Tuesday&#8217;s game against the Bulls due to their respective injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Jalen Williams (right hamstring), Ajay Mitchell (abdominal strain; left ankle), and Branden Carlson (low back strain) remain out, while Nikola Topic is on assignment with the Thunder G League&#8217;s affiliate, the Oklahoma City Blue.<\/p>\n<p>Gilgeous-Alexander finished with 30 points on 12-of-20 shooting, five assists, four rebounds, and four steals in Sunday&#8217;s 100-87 win against the Dallas Mavericks.<\/p>\n<p>Shai Gilgeous-Alexander&#8217;s injury update after Thunder win<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3720776\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Thunder-AllStar-Shai-Gilgeous-Alexander.jpg\" alt=\"Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (2) brings the ball up court against the Dallas Mavericks during the second half at the American Airlines Center\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\"  \/>Jerome Miron-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>It was difficult for <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/oklahoma-city-thunder\/thunder-news-shai-gilgeous-alexander-immediate-reaction-not-playing-ot-nuggets\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shai Gilgeous-Alexander to watch the Thunder compete<\/a> against the Nuggets in overtime without him on Friday, even though the defending champions closed out the victory. Fortunately for Gilgeous-Alexander, the Thunder defeated the Mavericks in regulation, cruising to a 13-point victory on the road.<\/p>\n<p>After the win, a reporter asked Gilgeous-Alexander <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5IkXMMtHpBg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">how his body felt<\/a> after playing in the first two games since returning from an abdominal injury.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGood,\u201d Gilgeous-Alexander replied. \u201cI ramped up the workouts leading up to the games I knew I was coming back. The guys that helped me in the workouts did a pretty good job of making them game legs. So, I feel pretty good. Cardio-wise, I don&#8217;t feel like I missed a beat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Thunder improved to 47-15.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After Oklahoma City Thunder All-Star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander gave reporters a positive response following his first two games back&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":635570,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3783],"tags":[7,329,6,14502,310,475,179,3966,3965,209,312],"class_list":{"0":"post-635569","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-oklahoma-city-thunder","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-chicago-bulls","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-nba-injury","12":"tag-oklahoma","13":"tag-oklahoma-city","14":"tag-oklahoma-city-thunder","15":"tag-oklahomacity","16":"tag-oklahomacitythunder","17":"tag-shai-gilgeous-alexander","18":"tag-thunder"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116162594035305027","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635569","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=635569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635569\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/635570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=635569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=635569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=635569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}