Thunder Reveal Ajay Mitchell's Playing Status for Game 4 Against Spurs
The Oklahoma City Thunder are two wins away from returning to the NBA Finals for the second straight season, thanks to seizing back-to-back wins in Games 2 and 3 of the Western Conference Finals.
Game 3 occurred in San Antonio, with the young Spurs hungry to regain control of the series. However, OKC continues to show its experience as the reigning champions and controlled the game in the second half, earning a 122-108 win.
Depth has also been a major factor for this Thunder squad, with the team’s second-leading scorer, Jalen Williams, sidelined for multiple games this postseason. He returned for the start of the WCF but then missed Game 3 due to hamstring soreness.
Oklahoma City’s Ajay Mitchell had been filling in and stepping up for the Thunder during Williams’ absences. Still, Mitchell had an injury concern following OKC’s Game 3 win.
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According to ESPN’s NBA insider, Shams Charania, the Thunder officially ruled out Mitchell for Game 4 in San Antonio due to a right calf strain.
Mitchell started in seven of the Thunder’s 11 postseason games. He was among OKC’s starters in Game 3 of the WCF, but only played 17 minutes and scored two points.
While he hasn’t had any huge scoring performances against the Spurs, he had several big games against the Los Angeles Lakers in the previous playoff series, including a 28-point performance in their Game 4 win to close things out.
In addition to Oklahoma City being without Mitchell, Williams is also listed as questionable, raising concerns for the visitors in Game 4.
However, OKC weathered Williams’ injury situation before and seems capable of dealing with this additional adversity. Their talented lineup has shown it can handle a young, less experienced Spurs team in the past two games.
Even though San Antonio owns the regular-season series against OKC, they’ve struggled in this postseason series. The Thunder have used aggressive play and physicality to disrupt Victor Wembanyama in recent games, following his extraordinary performance in Game 1.
With the possibility of Mitchell and Williams both being out for Game 4, the Thunder can still look to others to step up, including Alex Caruso and Cason Wallace, both of whom have shown they have what it takes.
In their most recent win, Caruso had 15 points off the bench. Wallace scored 11 points to go with five rebounds and four assists.
The Thunder and Spurs will go head-to-head in Game 4 at 8 p.m. ET on Sunday in San Antonio.
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This story was originally published May 23, 2026 at 9:57 PM.