Overview
- Tipoff is set for 8:00 p.m. ET at Miami's Kaseya Center in the teams’ second meeting in a week, after Oklahoma City won 124-112 on Jan. 11 behind Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s 29 points.
- The Thunder enter at 35-7 on a five-game winning streak following Thursday’s 111-91 victory over the Rockets.
- Miami lists Tyler Herro as questionable with toe and rib issues, while Davion Mitchell, Jaime Jaquez Jr., and Terry Rozier are out.
- Oklahoma City will be without Isaiah Hartenstein (soleus strain), Nikola Topic (surgical recovery), and Thomas Sorber (torn ACL).
- Betting markets favor OKC at -10.5 with a -450 moneyline and 233.5 total, and analysts spotlight guard Ajay Mitchell’s scoring surge and the Thunder’s second unit as a matchup edge.