San Antonio Express-News (Sunday)

SUNDAY’S GAME

- Jeff McDonald

SPURS (17-49)

VS. THUNDER (31-35)

When, where: 6 p.m., AT&T Center.

TV/radio: Bally Sports Southwest, 1200 AM, 1350 AM (Spanish), 107.5 FM (Spanish).

PROBABLE STARTERS

Spurs: PG Malaki Branham (6-4, 1st year), SG Devin Vassell (6-5, 3rd), SF Keldon Johnson (6-5 4th), PF Jeremy Sochan (6-9, 1st), C Zach Collins (6-11, 5th).

Thunder: PG Josh Giddey (6-8, 2nd year), SG Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (6-6, 5th), SF Luguentz Dort (6-4, 4th), PF Aaron Wiggins (6-5, 2nd), C Jaylin Williams (6-9, 1st).

RESERVES

Spurs: F Keita Bates-Diop (6-8, 5th), G Devonte’ Graham (6-1, 5th), G Tre Jones (6-1, 3rd), F Doug McDermott (6-6, 9th year), G Blake Wesley (6-4, 1st), F/C Charles Bassey (6-9, 2nd), G/F Romeo Langford (6-5, 4th), C Gorgui Dieng (6-11, 10th), F/C Sandro Mamukelash­vili (6-11, 2nd). Inactive: Khem Birch (right knee chondromal­acia), Dominick Barlow (G League), Julian Champaigne (G League).

Thunder: F Osmane Dieng (6-9, 1st year), G Isaiah Joe (6-3, 3rd), G Tre Mann (6-3, 2nd), F/C Jeremiah Robinson-Earl (6-8, 2nd), F/C Dario Sacic (6-10, 6th), G Lindy Waters III (6-6, 2nd), G Jared Butler (6-3, 2nd), F/C Olivier Sarr (6-11, 2nd). Inactive: Jalen Williams (right wrist sprain), Kenrich Williams (left wrist sprain), Aleksej Pokusevski (left leg fracture), Chet Holmgren (right foot fracture). COACHES

Spurs: Gregg Popovich. Thunder: Mark Daigneault.

STAT LEADERS

Spurs: Points, Johnson, 21.6 per game; rebounds, Collins, 6.1; assists, Jones, 6.2; steals, Jones, 1.3; blocks, Bassey, 0.9.

Thunder: Points, Gilgeous-Alexander, 31.2 per game; rebounds, Giddey, 7.8; assists, Giddey, 6.2; steals, Gilgeous-Alexander, 1.7; blocks, Pokusevski, 1.3.

NOTABLE

• Gilgeous-Alexander is tied with Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokoun­mpo as the NBA’s fourth-leading scorer. He is on pace to become OKC’s first 30 points-per-game scorer since Russell Westbrook in 2016-17.

• This is the third and final meeting between these teams this season, with the Thunder winning the first two. OKC is seeking its first sweep of the season series since 2013-14.

• Since the start of the new year, the Thunder have the NBA’s second-highest-scoring offense at 121.3 points per game.

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