OKC Thunder: 3 keys to sweep series versus Bulls

Game specifics:

• Thunder: 17-22
• Bulls:17-20

The Venue:  United Center, Chicago, IL

Tipoff:  9:00 PM ET  | 8:00 PM CT

TV: Fox Sports  Oklahoma | NBA League Pass

Radio: WWLS 98.1 FM OKC

Odds:

Injuries:

OKC Thunder:

Not quite the slew of players who sat on Sunday, however, some interesting choices particularly Al Horford.  All injury updates noted courtesy of the NBA injury report.

• Luguentz Dort is nursing a sprained big toe injury that led to missing the game Sunday versus the Grizzlies and is listed as questionable for Tuesday.
• Al Horford is a healthy scratch.
• Darius Bazley will miss his fourth consecutive game with a shoulder contusion.
• Josh Hall is sidelined by left knee soreness
• George Hill will miss his 25th consecutive game since hurting his thumb and undergoing a medical procedure to address the injury.
• Trevor Ariza (personal) out indefinitely

Bulls:

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Devon Dotson has a sore knee but is listed as probable for Tuesday

Garrett Temple missed the last game following an ankle sprain in the prior match and is out on Tuesday.

History:

The all-time record between these teams is very close. In the 150 previous meetings played the Thunder possess the slight edge of 76 wins to the Bulls 74.

In the 2019-20 campaign the clubs played twice with OKC taking both matches. The teams played once this season (January 15th) with the Thunder winning a thriller at Chesapeake edging past the Bulls 127-125.

They’ll look to sweep the regular-season series and extend their current four-game win streak versus the Bulls to five-in-a-row.

Pull up a chair and enjoy the game,  check back tomorrow for the post-game thoughts.