Utah now continues its road trip against the best in the west, the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Utah Jazz general manager Justin Zanik looked out on the court and saw what he hopes will be his team’s future. Four of the five players on the court for the Oklahoma City Thunder — the top team in the Western Conference — were players it had drafted.

The Thunder could be without several key players. Jalen Williams (hip strain) is questionable. Chet Holmgren (hip fracture) is out. Isaiah Hartenstein (calf strain) is out. Ajay Mitchell (toe surgery) is out. Nikola Topic (torn ACL) is out.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander became the first Oklahoma City Thunder player to post a half-century of points since Russell Westbrook had 50 against the Denver Nuggets in 2017

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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored a career-high 54 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the Utah Jazz 123-114.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored a career-high 54 points to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 123-114 home win over the Utah Jazz on Wednesday.

It was a virtuoso display from a player that many consider as the front-runner for this season’s Most Valuable Player award Read more at straitstimes.com.

The Dallas Mavericks rebounded on the road on the second night of a back-to-back, beating the league-leading Oklahoma City Thunder 121-115 while missing 7(!) players from their rotation. The Thunder were on a second night of a back-to-back themselves,

This is a tale of two teams going in opposite directions. OKC is 7-1 in 2025 and sits atop the Western Conference while Utah is 3-7 in January but sits 15 th in the West. The Jazz are currently 7-16 on the road with a point differential of -7, while the Thunder have a 10-0 record in their last ten games at home.

The NBA odds already have Utah listed as a massive underdog, and that spread could continue to grow with injuries up front for the visitor. With potential holes around the hoop, center Walker Kessler is called upon to pick up the slack in both scoring and rebounding.