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OKC Thunder Duel With Los Angeles Lakers A Must-Watch

The Oklahoma City Thunder are battling the Los Angeles Lakers in a must watch game.

Rylan Stiles

Nov 29, 2024; Los Angeles, California, USA; Oklahoma City Thunder forward Jalen Williams (8) shoots the ball against Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James (23) in the second half at Crypto.com Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images
Nov 29, 2024; Los Angeles, California, USA; Oklahoma City Thunder forward Jalen Williams (8) shoots the ball against Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James (23) in the second half at Crypto.com Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images / Kirby Lee-Imagn Images
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The Oklahoma City Thunder are hosting the Los Angeles Lakers inside the Paycom Center for a two-game baseball-style series to close out the Thunder's regular season home slate.

These two teams will face off again Tuesday, but Sunday's affair will be a must-watch contest, shown across the Nation on NBATV.

Oklahoma City and Los Angeles have each submitted injury reports ahead of Sunday's matinee tip-off and the two sides are as healthy as possible at this stage of the season.

This is just the second and eventual third meeting between these two squads this season, the first coming way back in November when the Lakers roster was unrecognizable from right now. Neither side has gotten a glimpse at the other full strength.

In that November clash, which the Thunder won 101-93; Oklahoma City was without Chet Holmgren and Alex Caruso. The Lakers hadn't yet made the Luka Doncic trade. Things are much different now.

As each team submits its injury report for this marquee matchup, the Lakers will only be without Maxi Kleber and have listed LeBron James as probable. The Thunder will be without Jaylin Williams as the lone rotational player on the injury report, joined by Ousmane Dieng, Alex Ducas, Ajay Mitchell and Nikola Topic.

All things considered, this will be a great chess match between these two potential playoff foes. This could very well be the lone look either side gets at the other fully healthy as each team has to manage a Tuesday-Wednesday back-to-back set.

The Lakers on Wedneday ahead to Dallas for the first time with Doncic, which would likely be a game worthy surrendering Tuesday night for.

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Rylan Stiles
RYLAN STILES

Rylan Stiles is a credentialed media member covering the Oklahoma City Thunder. He hosts the Locked On Thunder Podcast, and is Lead Beat Writer for Inside the Thunder. Rylan is also an award-winning play-by-play broadcaster for the Oklahoma Sports Network. 

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