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After falling to the Detroit Pistons, the Oklahoma City Thunder have won four straight games, three of which have come on the road.
Their last win was quite close, just getting the better of the New York Knicks by three points at Madison Square Garden.
All the while, Oklahoma City has been dealing with numerous injuries to many of their key contributors.
Ahead of Saturday's game against the Golden State Warriors, the Thunder will be without six players, not to mention Thomas Sorber who has been ruled out for the season.
Jalen Williams, Chet Holmgren, Isaiah Hartenstein, Alex Caruso, Ajay Mitchell and Branden Carlson have all been ruled out.
As a result, the team has called up Nikola Topic from the Oklahoma City Blue, their G-League affiliate.
After overcoming cancer, Topic made his Thunder debut earlier this season but played in just five games before being sent to the G-League.
Now, he'll receive another opportunity amidst injury concerns.
As for the Warriors, they are dealing with some injury issues of their own. The team will be without Stephen Curry, Moses Moody, Will Richard, Seth Curry and De'Anthony Melton. Jimmy Butler III has been ruled out for the season.
That said, Gary Payton II has been listed as probable and Kristaps Porzingis has been listed as questionable.
Following Saturday's game, the Thunder will host the Denver Nuggets in a highly anticipated rematch between recent MVP award winners Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Nikola Jokic.
Golden State on the other hand, will travel to Utah for a matchup against the Jazz.
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