{"id":700377,"date":"2026-04-05T23:01:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T23:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/700377\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T23:01:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T23:01:12","slug":"utah-jazz-vs-okc-thunder-blog-live-updates-analysis-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/700377\/","title":{"rendered":"Utah Jazz vs. OKC Thunder blog: Live updates, analysis, and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. \u2014 The Utah Jazz continue their road trip today against the Western Conference\u2019s No. 1 seed, the Oklahoma City Thunder.<\/p>\n<p>Utah enters the matchup on an eight-game losing streak, which is the longest skid in the association. At 21-57 overall, the Jazz sit 15th in the Western Conference and 27th in the NBA.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Thunder have won four in a row, 16 of their last 17, and remain atop the NBA with a 61-16 record.<\/p>\n<p>Stay caught up on all the action from the Paycom Center with our live blog!<\/p>\n<p>Pregame<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/utahjazz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@utahjazz<\/a> injury report<\/p>\n<p>OUT \u2013 Elijah Harkless (hamstring)<br \/>OUT \u2013 Isaiah Collier (hamstring)<br \/>OUT \u2013 Keyonte George (hamstring)<br \/>OUT \u2013 Blake Hinson (2-way)<br \/>OUT \u2013 Jaren Jackson Jr. (knee)<br \/>OUT \u2013 Walker Kessler (shoulder)<br \/>OUT \u2013 Lauri Markkanen (hip)<br \/>OUT \u2013 Jusuf Nurkic (nose)<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ben Anderson (@BensHoops) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BensHoops\/status\/2040553312047755705?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 4, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"zxx\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/b9YJiT0o3z\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/b9YJiT0o3z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Utah Jazz (@utahjazz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/utahjazz\/status\/2040910636012785701?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 5, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">pregame reps \u2660\ufe0f\ud83e\uddd8\u200d\u2642\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/I0Rq1cQ2C7\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/I0Rq1cQ2C7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Utah Jazz (@utahjazz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/utahjazz\/status\/2040920102737150139?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 5, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>First Quarter<br \/>\nSecond Quarter<br \/>\nThird Quarter<br \/>\nFourth Quarter<br \/>\nFollow the Utah Jazz with KSL Sports<\/p>\n<p>All Jazz games will be broadcast live on the KSL Sports Zone (97.5 FM\/1280 AM). Occasionally, KSL NewsRadio (102.7 FM \/ 1160 AM) will also pick up games.<\/p>\n<p>Utah Jazz fans can watch the team\u2019s games next season for free over the air on KJZZ TV and can stream the games through a paid streaming-based platform on the team\u2019s website. KJZZ is currently broadcast on channel 14.1.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.ksl.com\/nba\/utah-jazz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Find all of our Utah Jazz coverage here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ben Anderson is the Utah Jazz insider for KSL Sports and the co-host of Jake and Ben from 10-12p with Jake Scott on<a href=\"https:\/\/sports.ksl.com\/stream\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.ksl.com\/stream\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">97.5 The KSL Sports Zone<\/a>. Find Ben on Twitter at<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/benshoops\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/benshoops\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">@BensHoops,<\/a>\u00a0on Instagram<a href=\"http:\/\/instargam.com\/benshoops\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/instargam.com\/benshoops\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">@BensHoops,<\/a>\u00a0or on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/benshoops.bsky.social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">BlueSky<\/a>.\u00a0<br \/>\nChandler Holt is a co-host of the<a href=\"https:\/\/sports.ksl.com\/category\/podcast_results\/?n=jazz-notes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Jazz Notes podcast<\/a>, a Locals In The NFL Insider, and Digital Sports Producer for<a href=\"https:\/\/sports.ksl.com\/author\/cholt\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> sports.ksl.com<\/a>. Follow<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CHoltSports\" rel=\"nofollow\"> Chandler on X<\/a> for Utah Jazz and Locals In The NFL updates.<br \/>\nTake us with you, wherever you go.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.ksl.com\/app\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Download the new &amp; improved KSL Sports app from Utah\u2019s sports leader. You can stream live radio, video and stay up to date on all of your favorite teams.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. \u2014 The Utah Jazz continue their road trip today against the Western Conference\u2019s No. 1&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":700378,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3783],"tags":[7,6,310,475,179,3966,3965,312],"class_list":{"0":"post-700377","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-nba","10":"tag-oklahoma","11":"tag-oklahoma-city","12":"tag-oklahoma-city-thunder","13":"tag-oklahomacity","14":"tag-oklahomacitythunder","15":"tag-thunder"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116354600778118735","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/700377","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=700377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/700377\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/700378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=700377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=700377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=700377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}