OKC Thunder: 3 keys versus 76ers and facing Joel Embiid

Game specifics:

Records:

• Thunder: 20-32
• 76ers: 35-17

The Venue:  Chesapeake Energy Arena

Tipoff:  9:00 PM ET  | 8:00 PM CT

TV: Fox Sports  Oklahoma | NBA League Pass

Radio: WWLS 98.1 FM OKC

Odds:

Injuries:

Something that occurs on this injury report that I’ve never witnessed in all my years of watching and covering basketball games is three players on one team all in the concussion protocol program. In fact, I can’t recall two players on the same team being down at the same time.

The 76ers hadn’t provided their updates on the NBA injury report as of this posting, but the assumption is only one player is out and ironically that’s a player the OKC Thunder knows very well.

OKC Thunder:

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Darius Bazley after missing 16 games with a shoulder contusion he’s listed as PROBABLE

Al Horford has been shut down for the season.

Mike Muscala is out with an ankle injury missing his 15th of the last 16 games.

Josh Hall is in the concussion protocol program.

Isaiah Roby is also in the concussion protocol program.

Ty Jerome is day-to-day with an ankle injury.

76ers:

• George Hill remains out with the same thumb injury that kept him off the court in OKC

History:

This is the first meeting between the squads this season. The second game will occur in Philadelphia on April 26th.

Over the history of the clubs, the Thunder have the advantage with 71 victories out of their 137 meetings while the 76ers have won on 66 occasions. In the 2019-20 season, the squads played twice with each side winning one contest.