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05/30 19:15 CDT Thunder to be shorthanded again for Game 7 against Spurs in
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Thunder to be shorthanded again for Game 7 against Spurs in West finals
By TIM REYNOLDS
AP Basketball Writer
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) --- Jalen Williams and Ajay Mitchell will not play for the
Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 7 of the Western Conference finals against the
San Antonio Spurs on Saturday night because of injuries that have dogged both
throughout the series.
Williams has been dealing with a strained left hamstring for much of the
playoffs. Mitchell has a strained right soleus.
Williams missed 49 of Oklahoma City's 82 regular-season games with wrist and
hamstring issues, and Saturday will be the 10th playoff game he's missed this
year with new hamstring problems. He played in five, including about 10 minutes
in Thursday's Game 6 loss to the Spurs.
Mitchell had been the starter that replaces Williams in the lineup, until he
too got hurt. Oklahoma City has been starting Jared McCain in that spot since,
alongside Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Isaiah Hartenstein, Lu Dort and Chet
Holmgren. They went to Cason Wallace as the starter for Game 7, with McCain off
the bench.
The Spurs reported no injuries going into Game 7.
Marc Davis, John Goble and Josh Tiven were selected by the NBA as the referees
for Game 7 of Spurs-Thunder. It's the second Game 7 in these playoffs for Davis
and Tiven; Davis worked the final game of the Cleveland-Detroit series in Round
2, and Tiven had Game 7 of Orlando-Detroit in Round 1.
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