Overview
- The Oklahoma City Thunder will play the Los Angeles Clippers at Paycom Center at 6 p.m. CT on Sunday with local TV on KSBI‑52 in OKC and KQCW‑19 in Tulsa and streaming on Thunder+.
- Los Angeles will be without Brandon Ingram, Bradley Beal, Max Strus, Jordan Miller and Yanic Konan Niederhauser because of surgeries or injury management, leaving the Clippers short on high-usage players.
- Oklahoma City is largely healthy with Nikola Topić, Thomas Sorber and Otega Oweh listed out, and the projected OKC starters include Shai Gilgeous‑Alexander, Cason Wallace, Jalen Williams, Chet Holmgren and Isaiah Hartenstein.
- Shai Gilgeous‑Alexander’s 20-game streak of scoring at least 20 points ended in Thursday’s home win over Denver when he scored 17 on 6-of-19 shooting, a recent form note the Thunder will look to correct Sunday.
- BetMGM lines from Oct. 24 favor OKC by 14.5 points with an O/U of 221.5 and a moneyline near -1100 for the Thunder, a reflection of the Clippers’ absences and the Thunder beginning a back-to-back that will test their rotation depth.