Overview
- Oklahoma City enters at 21-1 with a 13-game winning streak, while Dallas arrives on a three-game run.
- The Thunder list Lu Dort (adductor), Isaiah Hartenstein (soleus), Alex Caruso (quad), Nikola Topic (testicular surgery), and Thomas Sorber (ACL) as out.
- For Dallas, Kyrie Irving (torn ACL), Dereck Lively II (foot), and Dante Exum (knee) are out, with PJ Washington and Daniel Gafford listed as questionable and Cooper Flagg available.
- Tipoff at Paycom Center is scheduled for 8:30 p.m. CT in the teams’ second meeting after OKC won in Dallas in October.
- A separate report claims Topic was diagnosed with testicular cancer, a detail not corroborated in the team or NBA reports cited here.