Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has been ruled out for the Thunder-Mavericks game
After beating the Cleveland Cavaliers on the first night of back-to-back Oklahoma City Thunder All-Star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is ruled out for Friday’s match against Dallas Mavericks. During Thursday’s win, he took a nasty fall, forcing him to wear a wrap on his right wrist during the postgame press conference. After talking about how to The Thunder beat the Cavs in surprising fashionShai assured the media that his wrist was fine.
However, at the start of Thunder head coach Marc Daigneault’s pregame press conference, he announced Gilgeous-Alexander was questionable for Friday’s match.
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“His right wrist hurts,” Daigneault said. “He was fine this morning.” Then he came to the arena and was a little sore. So we’re testing it right now, and then we’ll make a decision whether it goes or not.
After testing it out during his pregame routine, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was ultimately convicted out before tip-off.
Joshua Pavon is an associate editor and Oklahoma City Thunder beat writer for ClutchPoints. Josue began as an accredited media member writing about the Boston Celtics for VEEI.com. He grew into a local NBA on-camera reporter and podcast host for CLNS Media, where he co-hosts the Cedric Maxwell Podcast.
2025-01-18 02:21:00
