Preview: OKC Thunder host Jazz in Game 5, potential series finale
By Alex Mcewen
Predicted Line-ups
OKC Thunder Starters
Point Guard: Russell Westbrook
Shooting Guard: Corey Brewer
Small Forward: *Paul George
Power Forward: Carmelo Anthony
Center: Steven Adams
OKC Thunder Bench
Point Guard: Raymond Felton
Shooting Guard: Terrance Ferguson,
Small Forward: Jerami Grant, Josh Huestis
Power Forward: Patrick Patterson,
Center: Dakari Johnson, Nick Collison
Injury notes
- Andre Roberson, (torn patellar tendon), out for the rest of season.
- Russell Westbrook: The Jazz lobbied for Westbrook to be suspended or coming onto the court during a third quarter altercation. Per NBA rules any player who leaves the team bench during an on court altercation earns an automatic one game suspension. Westbrook technically left the scorers table, not the bench. As an update the NBA decision is noted below and it looks like OKC dodged a bullet:
Oklahoma City’s Russell Westbrook has been fined $10,000 by NBA and issued technical foul for incident with Utah’s Rudy Gobert in Game 4 last night.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) April 24, 2018
Utah Jazz Starters:
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Point Guard: Ricky Rubio
Shooting Guard: Donovan Mitchell
Small Forward: Joe Ingles
Power Forward: Derrick Favors
Center: Rudy Gobert
Utah Jazz Bench
Point Guard: Dante Exum, Raul Neto
Shooting Guard: Alec Burks
Small Forward: Jae Crowder, Royce O’Neale
Power Forward: Jonas Jerebko
Center: Ekpe Udoh
Injury notes/Suspensions:
- Thabo Sefolosha had season-ending surgery to repair an MCL injury to his right knee and has been suspended for five games at the beginning of the 2018-2019 season for a violation of the NBA’s anti-drug program.
Game Specifics
The Venue: Chesapeake Energy Arena, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Tipoff: 8:00 PM ET | 7:00 PM CT
TV: Fox Sports Oklahoma HD, NBA TV HD
Radio: WWLS 98.1FM OKC
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Final Thoughts
Enjoy Game 5 tonight Thunder Nation, if it is indeed the final game of the year thank you for your continued support of Thunderous Intentions. Don’t go anywhere because our coverage will continue throughout the off-season and training camp straight through opening night of the 2018-19 season.