OKC Thunder host Dallas Mavericks in NYE contest – preview

Projected line-ups

OKC Thunder Starters:

Point Guard: Chris Paul
Shooting Guard: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Small Forward: Terrance Ferguson
Power Forward: Darius Bazley
Center:  Steven Adams

OKC Thunder Bench:

Point Guard:
Shooting Guard: Deonte Burton, Luguentz Dort
Small Forward: Abdel Nader,
Power Forward: Mike Muscala, Kevin Hervey
Center: Nerlens Noel, Justin Patton

Injury notes:

• Hamidou Diallo is out until early January with a hyper-extended elbow sprain.
• Andre Roberson is still rehabbing away from the team for his knee injury.
• Danilo Gallinari will miss at least the next two games with his ankle injury.
• Dennis Schroder is out again due to his ankle injury

Dallas Mavericks Starters

Point Guard: Luka Doncic
Shooting Guard: Tim Hardaway Jr.
Small Forward: Dorian Finney-Smith
Power Forward: Kristaps Porzingis
Center: Dwight Powell

Dallas Mavericks Bench:

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Point Guard: Jalen Brunson, J.J. Barea
Shooting Guard: Seth Curry, Delon Wright, Ryan Broekhoff, Courtney Lee
Small Forward:
Power Forward: Justin Jackson
Center: Maxi Kleber, Boban Marjanovic

Injury notes:

• Isaiah Roby is listed as day to day with a foot injury

* All injury data obtained from basketball reference

Game specifics

The Venue: Chesapeake Energy Arena

Tipoff:  8:00 PM ET  | 7:00 PM CT

TV: FS Oklahoma

Radio: WWLS 98.1 FM OKC

History:

The teams have played 40 times as they are named today with the OKC Thunder winning 22  of these games. In 2018-19 season the teams met four times with the Mavericks winning three times.

Enjoy the game and make sure to check back after the game for the post-game grades.