{"id":660434,"date":"2026-05-09T19:54:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T19:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/660434\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T19:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T19:54:08","slug":"okc-thunder-and-lakers-stars-still-listed-out-for-game-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/660434\/","title":{"rendered":"OKC Thunder and Lakers Stars Still Listed Out for Game 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6v\">The Oklahoma City Thunder are set to take on the Lakers tonight, looking to go up an insurmountable 3-0 as the series swings to Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6y\">So far, the Thunder have outscored LA by 18 points apiece, both blowouts fueled by late-second-half runs that saw Oklahoma City extend their lead with defense turned offense. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander played a better floor game in Game 2, and players like Ajay Mitchell, Jared McCain, Cason Wallace and more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nba\/thunder\/onsi\/ajay-mitchell-s-big-game-2-leads-okc-to-a-2-0-series-lead-over-the-lakers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">were able to see above-average scoring nights en route to the 2-0 lead.<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"71\">Now, Oklahoma City is looking to continue taking care of business, as the only team left in the postseason without a loss. Grabbing a win tonight would likely spell doom for the Lakers, as no team in league history has ever come back from an 0-3 deficit. And <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nba\/thunder\/onsi\/okc-thunder-continue-to-benefit-from-lakers-mistakes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">their play-style certainly won&#8217;t yield itself to that gulf.<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"74\">The injury report has played a big part in the series, and will continue to into the latter half. Here are the injury reports for both the Thunder and Lakers ahead of Game 3:<\/p>\n<p>OKC Thunder injuries:<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7a\">Thomas Sorber \u2014 Out: Right ACL surgical recovery<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7d\">Jalen Williams \u2014 Out: Left hamstring strain<\/p>\n<p>LA Lakers injuries:<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7j\">Luka Doncic \u2014 Out: Left hamstring strain<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7m\">Jarred Vanderbilt \u2014 Questionable: Right finger dislocation<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-11\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7r\">Injuries continue to be a major part of the second-round series, with both teams seeing stars that have missed both games so far.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-12\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7u\">Jalen Williams continues to be out for OKC in dealing with his third bout of a hamstring strain, this time on his left leg. He\u2019s considred week-to-week, but hasn\u2019t played since exiting Game 2 of the first round. His absence has been felt on both ends, as the Thunder have missed his 17.1 points and 1.2 steals per game.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-13\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7x\">Despite that, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nba\/thunder\/onsi\/okc-thunder-s-injury-riddled-february-proved-to-be-blessing-in-game-2-vs-lakers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">OKC has used a next-man-up mentality all season, and it&#8217;s worked in their favor.<\/a> <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-14\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"80\">Luka Doncic is likely the single most consequential player listed in the series, having led the league in points per game while functioning as the primary piece of the Lakers\u2019 offense. He suffered a hamstring in Oklahoma City in the twos final regular-season bout over a month ago, and reportedly is ramping back up, but isn\u2019t likely to play in the series.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-15\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"83\">After suffering a gruesome finger dislocation in Game 1, Jarred Vanderbilt is miraculously listed as questionable to play in Game 3. Sharpshooter Luke Kennard was listed on the Game 2 injury report with neck soreness, but is seemingly a full go after adding 10 points on 4-for-5 shooting last game.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-16\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"86\">The Thunder and Lakers tip off at 7:30 p.m. CT from Los Angeles, CA.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.minutemediacdn.com\/platform\/google_discover_icon.svg\" class=\"shrink-0\"\/>Add us as a preferred source on Google<a aria-label=\"Follow si.com on Google News\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=si.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"flex h-[30px] w-[30px] shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-primary font-group-large text-sm font-medium text-white transition-colors hover:bg-secondary focus:bg-secondary md:w-auto md:gap-2.5 md:px-4 md:py-[5px]\">Follow<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Oklahoma City Thunder are set to take on the Lakers tonight, looking to go up an insurmountable&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":660435,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-660434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=660434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660434\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/660435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=660434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=660434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=660434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}