Oklahoma City has a number of players sidelined with injuries, but in a pair of recent wins, the team's role players have stepped up.

LOS ANGELES -- TheLakershit the halfway mark of the season with a 112-105 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Monday, and in Game No. 41, coach Darvin Ham went back to the starting lineup he opened the season with. "Just wanted to put as much skill and ...

Tip-off is at 9:30 PM ET on NBC and Peacock.

The Thunder will have competed against the next top-six teams in the West following its upcoming seven-game stretch, and the need for healthy talent grows.

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John Calipari, who coached Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Cason Wallace at Kentucky, was a regular at Thunder playoff games last season — home and away.

Tyrese Maxey is eight years younger than Anthony Davis. VJ Edgecombe is a much higher-upside prospect than Max Christie. And a 2032 first-round pick from Philadelphia would convey when Luka is in his mid-30s and Joel Embiid is potentially retired.