MVP candidate Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led the way for Oklahoma City with 38 points and six assists. Four other Thunder players were in double figures as Jalen Williams dropped 23 and Isaiah Hartenstein, Chet Holmgren and Isaiah Joe all put up 11.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 38 points and Memphis ultimately couldn't get around the absence of Morant, who bruised his left hip in a hard fall in Game 3.

The Memphis Grizzlies faced an uphill battle against the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 4 of their first-round NBA playoff series on Saturday. Down three games to none in their best-of-seven series, the Grizzlies have to stave off elimination without their best player,