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The Utah Jazz<\/a> are on the road on Sunday night as they travel to take on the Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a> in a Western Conference matchup.<\/p>\n

Utah enters Sunday\u2019s game with a 21-57 record after losing on the road to the Houston Rockets<\/a> on Friday night.<\/p>\n

\"Utah<\/p>\n

Utah Jazz forward Cody Williams\u00a9 Rob Gray-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

(\u00a9 Rob Gray-Imagn Images)<\/p>\n

In Friday\u2019s loss to the Rockets, Cody Williams led the way for the Jazz as he recorded 27 points, 11 rebounds and four assists while Ace Bailey added 22 points and six rebounds of his own.<\/p>\n

Now Utah will try to bounce back on Sunday as they face off against the Thunder in a tough road matchup.<\/p>\n

On the other side, Oklahoma City enters Sunday\u2019s contest with a 61-16 record after defeating the Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> at home in dominant fashion on Thursday night.<\/p>\n

\"Oklahoma<\/p>\n

Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderAlonzo Adams-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

(Alonzo Adams-Imagn Images)<\/p>\n

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander<\/a> led the way for the Thunder in Thursday\u2019s victory as he ended the game with 28 points, seven rebounds and seven assists while Isaiah Joe scored 20 points off the bench.<\/p>\n

While both teams are looking to pick up a victory in Sunday night\u2019s matchup, one side may be without multiple key players due to injuries.<\/p>\n

Jazz Injury Report: Will Lauri Markkanen, Keyonte George Play?<\/p>\n

For the Jazz, they have seven players listed on their injury report, including both Lauri Markkanen and Keyonte George.<\/p>\n

\"Utah<\/p>\n

Utah Jazz forward\/center Lauri Markkanen (23)Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

(Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn Images)<\/p>\n

Utah has ruled out Markkanen due to a hip injury that has sidelined him since Feb. 26 and there is still no timetable for his return.<\/p>\n

The Jazz have also ruled out George due to a hamstring strain that has kept him out since March 13 there is no timetable for his return as well.<\/p>\n

\"Utah<\/p>\n

Utah Jazz guard Keyonte George (3)\u00a9 Rob Gray-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

(\u00a9 Rob Gray-Imagn Images)<\/p>\n

Isaiah Collier and Elijah Harkless have also been ruled out due to hamstring injuries while Jaren Jackson Jr<\/a>., Walker Kessler and Jusuf Nurkic are all set to miss the remainder of the season.<\/p>\n

Thunder Injury Report<\/p>\n

On the other side, the Thunder have only one player listed on their injury report as they have ruled out rookie Thomas Sorber.<\/p>\n

\"Oklahoma<\/p>\n

Oklahoma City Thunder center Thomas Sorber (12)Alonzo Adams-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

(Alonzo Adams-Imagn Images)<\/p>\n

Oklahoma City has ruled out Sorber as he continues to recover from a torn ACL that has kept him sidelined the entire season thus far.<\/p>\n

Outside of Sorber, the rest of the Thunder\u2019s roster is healthy for Sunday\u2019s contest as they try to extend their winning streak to five games.<\/p>\n

Fans can catch Sunday night\u2019s matchup between the Jazz and Thunder from Oklahoma City at 7:00 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n

This story was originally published by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Apr 5, 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":"The Utah Jazz are on the road on Sunday night as they travel to take on the Oklahoma…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":700441,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3783],"tags":[224,7,28760,1082,32099,194,11606,957,1624,496,5088,955,976,150,6,310,475,179,3966,3965,209,5592,954,312,427,1405],"class_list":{"0":"post-700440","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-oklahoma-city-thunder","8":"tag-ace-bailey","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-blake-hinson","11":"tag-cody-williams","12":"tag-elijah-harkless","13":"tag-houston-rockets","14":"tag-injury-report","15":"tag-isaiah-collier","16":"tag-isaiah-joe","17":"tag-jaren-jackson-jr","18":"tag-jusuf-nurkic","19":"tag-keyonte-george","20":"tag-lauri-markkanen","21":"tag-los-angeles-lakers","22":"tag-nba","23":"tag-oklahoma","24":"tag-oklahoma-city","25":"tag-oklahoma-city-thunder","26":"tag-oklahomacity","27":"tag-oklahomacitythunder","28":"tag-shai-gilgeous-alexander","29":"tag-the-jazz","30":"tag-thomas-sorber","31":"tag-thunder","32":"tag-utah-jazz","33":"tag-walker-kessler"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116354759114783908","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/700440","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=700440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/700440\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/700441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=700440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=700440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=700440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}