Thunder vs Clippers LIVE, Score Updates and Play-by-Play in NBA

Tip-off at the Intuit Dome is at 7:30 p.m. PT, 10:30 p.m. ET, 9:30 p.m. CT and 04:30 in Madrid. ESPN lists KTLA and ClipperVision as the Clippers' local options and KSBI and the Thunder App for Oklahoma City.

Stay with VAVEL for starting lineups, quarter-by-quarter scoring, Gilgeous-Alexander's box score and the last injury news before the opening tip.

The game is at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, where the Clippers are 2-3 this season. ESPN lists the line as Oklahoma City by 7.5 with a total of 222.5.

ESPN's matchup model gives the Thunder a 76 percent win probability and the Clippers 24.

The teams meet three times in the regular season. Oklahoma City won the first game, and tonight is the second. Three of the Clippers' last five games were at home, against Toronto, Miami and New Orleans, and they went 1-2 in them.

On season scoring, Oklahoma City averages 111.1 points and Los Angeles 112.2. Together that is 223.3, almost exactly the 222.5 total.

Oklahoma City grabs 46.8 rebounds per game against 40.5 for the Clippers. That is a gap of more than six, and it is the largest difference in this matchup. The Thunder also block more shots, 5.5 against 4.0.

The Clippers have the edge in assists, 26.7 to 22.5. They take more steals too, 9.9 a night against 7.9 for the Thunder.

Turnovers are the other big difference. Los Angeles averages 17.8 and Oklahoma City 12.2, a gap of 5.6 per game. At the free throw line, the Thunder shoot 82.6 percent and the Clippers 79.6.

Oklahoma City is in the Northwest Division. Minnesota leads at 9-3, Portland is 8-3 and the Thunder are 8-4, a game behind the Timberwolves. Denver is 6-4 and Utah is 1-11.

The Clippers are in the Pacific. The Lakers lead at 11-2, Golden State is 8-4 and Phoenix is 5-6. Los Angeles is fourth at 2-8, and Sacramento is last at 1-10.

Oklahoma City has six more wins than Los Angeles, 8 against 2, in only two more games played. The two teams are in very different places. Oklahoma City is within a game of the division lead and the Clippers are seven and a half games behind the Lakers.

The injury list is long on both sides. For the Clippers, Brandon Ingram is out after Achilles surgery, Bradley Beal is out with knee inflammation, and Yanic Konan Niederhauser and Jordan Miller are out after foot and shoulder surgeries.

For the Thunder, Chet Holmgren is out with a knee injury. Thomas Sorber is out with a knee problem, Jaylin Williams is out with back spasms and Cason Wallace is out after shoulder surgery. Ajay Mitchell is listed day-to-day with an ankle sprain.

That makes four Clippers and four Thunder players listed as out, with Mitchell the one questionable name. Those are the entries on ESPN's report this morning, so the final lineups come from the teams shortly before tip-off.

Oklahoma City opened the stretch with three wins and finished it with two losses.

The Thunder beat Cleveland 124-116 at home, won 128-97 at Memphis and beat Washington 114-75 at home. The 39-point win over the Wizards is the biggest margin on either schedule. Washington is 4-9 and Cleveland is 6-6. Then Oklahoma City went to Portland and lost 123-103 and 118-108 in back-to-back games.

In the two losses the Thunder scored 103 and 108, their lowest totals of the five games. Portland is 8-3 and sits second in the Northwest. The Thunder allowed 116, 97, 75, 123 and 118 points over the five games.

Los Angeles is 1-4 in its last five.

The Clippers lost 124-112 at Golden State and 125-118 to Toronto at home. They lost 117-116 in overtime to Miami at home, then beat New Orleans 139-123 at home. The latest game was a 133-110 loss at Phoenix.

The one-point loss to the Heat is the one that stings. Golden State is 8-4 now, Miami 5-6 and Phoenix 5-6, so the five games came against opponents on both sides of .500. The win over the Pelicans is the only result in which the Clippers scored more than 118. In the other four games they scored 112, 118, 116 and 110. The Clippers allowed 124, 125, 117, 123 and 133 points over the five games.

Los Angeles has one player who does most of the work. Darius Garland leads the Clippers in points with 20.4 per game and in assists with 6.9. He shoots 46.7 percent from the field and 82.6 percent at the line.

The cost is turnovers. Garland gives it away 5.0 times per game in 32.6 minutes, which is a big number for a player with the ball in his hands this much. Isaiah Jackson leads the team in rebounds with 5.9 a game. With Bradley Beal and Brandon Ingram both on the injury list, the Clippers have fewer scorers around Garland, and his numbers carry more weight.

The Clippers shoot 38.1 percent from three, the best number in this game, and make 14.1 per night. As a team they score 112.2 points with 26.7 assists. The assist count is the highest between these two teams.

The Thunder run through Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. He averages 29.7 points on 45.3 percent shooting and he is an elite free throw shooter at 87.1 percent. He also leads the team in assists with 4.5 per game, with only 2.2 turnovers in 32.8 minutes.

Isaiah Hartenstein is the rebounder, with 10.1 a night, 7.2 of them on the defensive glass and 2.9 on the offensive end. Holmgren, the other big man, is on the injury list, which leaves Hartenstein as the main presence inside.

Oklahoma City scores 111.1 points per game, a bit lower than the Clippers' 112.2. The Thunder win with rebounding and low turnovers rather than volume. They make 11.0 threes a game at 34.6 percent, the lowest volume in this matchup, and shoot 45.3 percent overall against 45.9 for the Clippers.

Welcome to VAVEL's live coverage of Oklahoma City Thunder at LA Clippers from the Intuit Dome in Inglewood. Tip-off is at 7:30 p.m. PT, which is 10:30 p.m. ET and 04:30 in Madrid.

The Oklahoma City Thunder are 8-4 and 3-4 on the road. The LA Clippers are 2-8 and 2-3 at home. The line has Oklahoma City as a 7.5-point favorite with a total of 222.5.

These two teams have already met once this season and the Thunder won. We will follow every basket, run and substitution from the opening tip.