Jalen Williams scored 31 points, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander added 29 and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the short-handed New Orleans Pelicans 106-88.

"I thought we played with better force in the second half offensively," Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault said. "I thought we were a little sluggish in the second quarter on offense. And our physicality 42 minutes on was really good tonight.

The red-hot Oklahoma City Thunder face off against the struggling New Orleans Pelicans tonight. While both teams are missing key players, the Pelicans are far more severely shorthanded. New Orleans is on a five-game losing streak and in desperate need of a win.