Oklahoma City at Cleveland

Oklahoma City lost 120-96 at Dallas on Wednesday and 119-98 at Houston on Saturday, both without Chet Holmgren, Jalen Williams, and Cason Wallace. Alex Caruso, hurt in the Oct. 26 win over Phoenix, missed both games too. The Thunder opened 4-0 with wins by 12, 12, 7 and 11 points. The last of those, 125-114 over Phoenix on Oct. 26, came the night after Holmgren, Williams and Wallace went down. Ajay Mitchell scored 59 combined in the two games before Houston, then six on 3-of-9 shooting against the Rockets, and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is averaging 26.0 points. Jared McCain moved into the starting shooting guard spot against the Rockets and scored 10 points. Cleveland is 4-2 and 3-0 at home. Its 136-111 win over Milwaukee on Saturday ran through Evan Mobley and Jarrett Allen, who scored 52 between them, while Donovan Mitchell and James Harden took 15 shots combined. Cleveland's first blowout win in seven months came Saturday, and with Gilgeous-Alexander still on the floor, I'm on Oklahoma City on the spread tonight.