The Oklahoma City Thunder will square off against the Denver Nuggets tonight at the Paycom Center. It will be game 1 of the round 2 playoff, hence the stakes will be high. Both sides have MVP candidates on their squad, and thus it will be the clash of the titans between Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Nikola Jokic. SGA has proven to be a force to be reckoned with this season and will pose severe problems for the Nuggets tonight. However, the Thunder forward will not be able to have any say in the game if he does not play tonight. To draw clarity on whether Shai Gilgeous-Alexander will play tonight or not, let’s take a look at the Oklahoma City Thunder injury report.
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Injury Report
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is not listed in the injury report released by the Thunder tonight ahead of the game 1 against the Nuggets. Thus, he will most certainly be in the starting lineup tonight.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has been averaging 32.7 points, 5 rebounds, and 6.4 assists per game this season. These are incredible numbers and should be deliver the same performance tonight then Thunder would most likely take the 1-0 lead.
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Oklahoma City Thunder Injury Report
While Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is not facing any injury concern, the same cannot be said about every OTC player. Ousmane Dieng is out of the Monday night game due to a calf injury. He has been out since game 4 against the Grizzlies. Nikola Topic is recovering on the sidelines after tearing his ACL twice last year. The young player is slowly moving back into light training drills.
Denver Nuggets on the other hand will miss out on DaRon Holmes II, who suffered an Achilles heel injury in February. Apart from the Center, the Nuggets are good to go on Monday night. However, many of their stars would be feeling the pressure as they just had a draining 7 game series and are scheduled to return to the court after just one day of rest.
Despite the injuries, a cracker of a game is expected to take place between the Nuggets and Thunder. Let’s see who comes out on top and take the vital 1-0 lead in the series.
