The Oklahoma City Thunder are at home on Friday night as they look to extend their winning streak against the struggling Charlotte Hornets.
Oklahoma City enters Friday's matchup coming off a dominant victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday despite being without their star duo of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Jalen Williams.
This was the Thunder's fourth consecutive victory and they will look to extend it to five games on Friday against a Hornets team fresh off a victory over the New York Knicks on Thursday night.
Of course, this will be the second night of a back-to-back for the Hornets and the Thunder will look to take advantage of them being the more rested team heading into Friday's contest.
Oklahoma City also received some positive news ahead of Friday's game as Shai is not listed on their injury report and will return to the court against Charlotte.
Shai sat out of Wednesday's victory over the 76ers due to rest but he will return on Friday as the Thunder look to continue their dominant stretch.
The bad news for the Thunder is that Jalen Williams and Lu Dort have been ruled out due to hip injuries and Ousmane Dieng has been ruled out due to a calf injury.
The Thunder's injury report for tomorrow's game against the Hornets:
Jalen Williams (hip strain) is out
Lu Dort (right hip) is out
Cason Wallace (shoulder strain) is questionable
Ousmane Dieng (calf strain) is out
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Isaiah Hartenstein are available
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Oklahoma City has also listed Cason Wallace as questionable with a shoulder injury.
On the other side, the Hornets enter Friday's game beat up as well as they have ruled out Tidjane Salaun, Brandon Miller, Grant Williams, Tre Mann and Josh Okogie and have listed Marcus Garret as questionable.
The Hornets have also ruled out LaMelo Ball and Mark Williams for Friday's game. Ball continues to sit out of back-to-backs in March due to an ankle injury and Williams is out due to a foot injury.
Fans can catch Friday's matchup between the Hornets and Thunder at 8:00 p.m. EST.
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This story was originally published March 21, 2025 at 1:00 PM.