{"id":282942,"date":"2025-10-07T01:47:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T01:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/282942\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T01:47:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T01:47:14","slug":"ksbi-52-at-720-pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/282942\/","title":{"rendered":"KSBI 52 at 7:20 PM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Oklahoma City Thunder continue preseason play Monday night in Fort Worth, taking on the Dallas Mavericks at Dickies Arena in the second game of a back-to-back.<\/p>\n<p>This marks preseason game number two out of six for Oklahoma City, all played over the span of two weeks leading up to the regular season opener later this month. The game tips off at 7:30 p.m. CT on <strong>KSBI 52<\/strong>, part of Griffin Media\u2019s preseason and regular season broadcast schedule.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news9.com\/story\/68e33dc7a1dae5b48fc9335b\/oklahoma-city-thunder-preseason-win-hornets-charleston-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>OKC Thunder open preseason with 135\u2013114 win over Hornets in Charleston<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thunder Injury Updates<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thunder reporter <strong>Steve McGehee<\/strong> is on-site in Fort Worth and reports that several key players will be unavailable for tonight\u2019s matchup.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Branden Carlson<\/strong> is out with right calf soreness after playing in Sunday\u2019s win over Charlotte.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aaron Wiggins<\/strong> will sit out for rest.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nikola Topi\u0107<\/strong> underwent a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news9.com\/story\/68e430bfdcd158c96106f83f\/thunder-rookie-nikola-topi-undergoes-testicular-procedure-expected-to-miss-start-of-season\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">surgical procedure<\/a> earlier today and is expected to be sidelined until November.<\/p>\n<p>McGehee noted that <strong>Cason Wallace<\/strong> is available tonight after missing the trip to South Carolina last weekend.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cObviously had a more narrow role early on on offense because of the level of our team and where he\u2019s been,\u201d said <strong>Head Coach Mark Daigneault<\/strong>. \u201cBut we think there\u2019s a lot of runway there. I think we\u2019ll probably see some of that this year, expecting him to take a step forward offensively. And defensively, he\u2019s already, even without a ton of seasoning, unbelievably impactful.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Thunder\u2019s First Look on Griffin Media<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tonight marks the <strong>Thunder\u2019s first appearance on Griffin Media<\/strong>, as KSBI begins airing its slate of preseason coverage. KSBI 52 will broadcast <strong>three Thunder preseason games<\/strong>, while KWTV News 9 will carry <strong>four regular season games<\/strong>, beginning October 25.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thunder Storyline<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Oklahoma City opened the preseason with a <strong>135\u2013114 win over the Charlotte Hornets<\/strong> in North Charleston. The Thunder played fast and clean despite missing several regular starters.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aaron Wiggins<\/strong> led the way with 23 points, <strong>Jaylin Williams<\/strong> hit five three-pointers, and <strong>Ousmane Deing<\/strong> set the tone early. Rookie guard <strong>Nikola Topi\u0107<\/strong> showed poise in extended minutes.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe ball moved really well, got into a nice rhythm on offense\u2026 a good starting point for us,\u201d Daigneault said after Sunday\u2019s win.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p> \u201cIt was more about us growing as a team and working on our priorities,\u201d added Wiggins.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Dallas, Through a Thunder Lens<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While No. 1 pick <strong>Cooper Flagg<\/strong> headlines Dallas\u2019 preseason debut, the Mavericks\u2019 continuity may be their biggest edge in early October. With most of last year\u2019s core returning, expect <strong>quick reads, clean spacing, and early experimentation with Flagg<\/strong> as a point-forward.<\/p>\n<p>Dallas has been using him as a transition creator and half-court hub, setting up shooters in motion offense.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where to Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcc5 <strong>Date:<\/strong> Monday, October 6<\/p>\n<p> \ud83d\udd62 <strong>Time:<\/strong> 7:30 PM CT (pregame coverage at 7:20 PM)<\/p>\n<p> \ud83d\udccd <strong>Location:<\/strong> Dickies Arena, Fort Worth, TX<\/p>\n<p> \ud83d\udcfa <strong>TV:<\/strong> KSBI 52<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Oklahoma City Thunder continue preseason play Monday night in Fort Worth, taking on the Dallas Mavericks at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":282943,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5135],"tags":[145867,5229,54318,14199,15654,3118,2494,1596,3139,52457,7371,145869,15655,143614,6948,6650,137256,79859,1268,145868,3036,77017,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-282942","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-aaron-wiggins","9":"tag-america","10":"tag-branden-carlson","11":"tag-charleston","12":"tag-charlotte","13":"tag-charlotte-hornets","14":"tag-cooper-flagg","15":"tag-dallas","16":"tag-dallas-mavericks","17":"tag-dickies-arena","18":"tag-fort-worth","19":"tag-griffin-media","20":"tag-hornets","21":"tag-jaylin-williams","22":"tag-mark-daigneault","23":"tag-mavericks","24":"tag-nikola-topic","25":"tag-north-charleston","26":"tag-oklahoma-city-thunder","27":"tag-ousmane-deing","28":"tag-south-carolina","29":"tag-steve-mcgehee","30":"tag-texas","31":"tag-tx","32":"tag-united-states","33":"tag-united-states-of-america","34":"tag-unitedstates","35":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","36":"tag-us","37":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115330367183567471","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282942\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/282943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}