The Oklahoma City Thunder were dealt a serious ... Holmgren's injury is a right iliac wing fracture, a rare injury that occurs in the hip. Holmren suffered the injury early in the first quarter ...

The Oklahoma City Thunder will travel on the road to face the Dallas Mavericks on Friday. It will be the second night of a home-and-road back-to-back. It's the season series' third matchup. Both teams split the first two. OKC beat Dallas in the NBA Cup quarterfinals on Dec. 10.

The Thunder have plenty of options. None will equate to Hartenstein but enough to survive this upcoming stretch. OKC has flexed its rubber-band-esque ability to stretch and transform its identity. It will be asked to do so again.

Against Philadelphia on Tuesday night, Thunder center Isaiah Hartenstein suffered a minor leg injury, straining his left soleus, per an Oklahoma City press statement. The Thunder reveal that the 7-footer will be reassessed in a week.

For Cleveland, it was death by a thousand cuts. The Thunder topped that 30-2 run with back-to-back pick-six turnovers — with the demoralized Cavs barely bothering to jog back on the second one — shortly after a technical foul on Cavs coach Kenny Atkinson for intercepting a ref on the sideline and screaming “Call the f—ing foul!”

Prior to the season, even before their undisputed success, the Oklahoma City Thunder were thought to have as many as three All-Star candidates: Shai Gilgeous-Al

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander made a loud statement in an MVP-worthy season with another 40-point performance Thursday night. He was more excited about the one his Oklahoma City Thunder made with a nationally televised blowout of the Cleveland Cavaliers in a matchup of the NBA's best.