No number has posted for this one yet, so the board below is waiting on the books. Tipoff is 6:00 PM CT on Sunday, October 25, at Paycom Center. The Clippers come in on 1 day of rest after the Lakers game, plus the flight from LA. The Thunder will have had 2 full days off since beating Denver.
Both teams have been decided in the 3rd quarter so far. OKC owned that quarter against Denver, and the Clippers gave the Lakers game away in it. A thin roster usually shows up after halftime, once the starters' legs go and the bench has to hold a lead or keep the game close. The Thunder held a full Nuggets lineup to 84 and are getting their scoring from more than 1 player. That is a hard team to keep up with when your best wing scorers are in street clothes.
Oklahoma City has injuries too, but they are much smaller. Nikola Topic (back) and Thomas Sorber (knee) both missed the Denver game, and the club plans to waive Otega Oweh, who is recovering from an Achilles injury. None of those players is in the core rotation the way Ingram, Beal and Strus are for LA. For the Clippers, it comes down to this: Garland was terrific against the Lakers and it was still not enough. Somebody else has to show up for 48 minutes.
The Clippers' route is real but narrow. They have beaten a bad team comfortably and stayed within 8 of a good one on the road. Garland is playing well enough to keep them in games against anybody. Gilgeous-Alexander is also unlikely to shoot 6-of-19 twice in a row, and this is the first home game the Thunder play after his streak ended.