Jared McCain scored 20 points, Isaiah Joe added 19 and the Oklahoma City Thunder — playing without star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander — beat the Chicago Bulls 116-108 on Tuesday night.

As the fourth quarter played out for the Chicago Bulls‘ Tuesday night matchup against the Oklahoma City Thunder, the former first-round pick Matas Buzelis was mysteriously absent. Following the game,

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The OKC Thunder beat the Chicago Bulls on the road Tuesday despite being without Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. Here are three takeaways.

Late in the third quarter of the Chicago Bulls‘ loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday night, Josh Giddey suffered a sprained right ankle.Giddey exited the game and went back to the locker room,

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the OKC Thunder will face Jalen Brunson and the New York Knicks on the road at 6 p.m. CST Wednesday.

For a handful of minutes in the second half of Tuesday’s loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder, the Chicago Bulls seemed to be facing a worst-case scenario.

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