When the Celtics and Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder face off on Wednesday night time, each groups shall be at relative full-strength. Everybody is accessible for the Celtics, aside from Nikola Vucevic, who first suffered a fractured proper ring finger on March sixth and stays out.
Jayson Tatum, in the meantime, will seem in his ninth sport for the Celtics; up to now, he’s averaged 19.1 factors and eight.9 rebounds.
For the Thunder, Jalen Williams will play in his second consecutive sport; he’s coming off an 18-point efficiency on Monday night time in opposition to the Philadelphia 76ers. Williams has appeared in solely 27 video games this season, coping with a myriad of wrist and hamstring accidents.
How the Celtics, Thunder stack up
Regardless of having an injury-riddled season, the Thunder have been the NBA’s most dominant workforce all season. They presently have the league’s greatest web score at a +11.1. The Celtics have the league’s third-best web score at a +7.8.
The Thunder have received 15 of their final 16 video games, and 12 straight.
The Celtics, in the meantime, will look to bounce again from a loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves on Sunday night time. The Celtics have received 6 of their final 10 video games, and are 6-2 with Jayson Tatum within the lineup.
Final time the 2 groups confronted off, the Thunder got here away with a 104-102 victory, because of game-winning free throws from Chet Holmgren off of an offensive rebound. However each groups have been with out key gamers in that March twelfth sport; the Thunder have been with out Jalen Williams and Isaiah Hartenstein, whereas the Celtics have been with out Tatum and Derrick White.
Celtics-Thunder suggestions off at 7:30pm at TD Backyard.
