Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors will be playing against the Oklahoma City Thunder tonight. As many NBA fans should be aware, the Warriors were eliminated in the second round of the Western Conference playoffs by the Los Angeles Lakers.
Since then, the team has made several moves in order to remain in contention. Most importantly, they traded away Jordan Poole and acquired Chris Paul. At the moment, the Warriors currently hold a record of 6 wins and 7 losses and are slow to get started this NBA season.
On the other hand, the OKC Thunder finally have back their hyped-up rookie in Chet Holmgren. OKC currently holds a record of 8 wins and 4 losses, making them one of the hottest teams in the league at the moment.
As the Warriors and Thunder get ready to face off, fans might want to know more about the injury reports and expected starting lineups in order to figure out if their favorite stars will be playing. Let us take a better look and also find out the predictions for this game.
Stephen Curry is listed as questionable for the Golden State Warriors vs Oklahoma City Thunder game tonight
Warriors fans will be devastated to hear that Curry does not look completely healthy for this game and is listed as questionable. According to the injury reports, Steph is currently dealing with a knee injury and might not step on the court for the Warriors tonight.
Since Draymond Green has also been suspended for 5 games, Klay Thompson and Chris Paul will look to lead the rest of the Warriors to victory tonight. That said, here are the complete injury reports and expected starting lineups for both sides.
Golden State Warriors injury report
- Stephen Curry (questionable)
- Gary Payton (out)
Golden State Warriors expected starting lineup
- Chris Paul
- Klay Thompson
- Jonathan Kuminga
- Andrew Wiggins
- Dario Saric
Oklahoma City Thunder injury report
- Cason Wallace (questionable)
Oklahoma City Thunder expected starting lineup
- Josh Giddey
- Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
- Luguentz Dort
- Jalen Willams
- Chet Holmgren
As we can tell from the context and injury reports, the Warriors will be missing several significant players on their roster when compared to the OKC Thunder. Be that as it may, here are the predictions for this game.
The Thunder are slightly favored over the Warriors tonight
A GSW roster without Stephen Curry and Draymond Green is not something that NBA fans see very often. Unless Steph plays tonight, that is expected to happen once more against the OKC Thunder. Chet Holmgren is capable of guarding the rim when compared to most players in the league.
SGA and the rest of the OKC squad are more than capable of guarding and outscoring the Warriors. They are even coming off a recent victory against GSW. For all of these reasons, we have the OKC Thunder beating the Golden State Warriors tonight. However, it is most certainly possible for the Warriors to win if Steph manages to return to the court in good condition.