The Oklahoma City Thunder beat the nine-man Philadelphia 76ers 118-102 Tuesday night, securing three straight road wins. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander recorded 32 poi

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 32 points and Jalen Williams had 24 to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 118-102 win over a Philadelphia 76ers team missing three All-Stars on Tuesday night. Joel Embiid,

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 32 points on 12-of-15 shooting to guide the visiting Oklahoma City Thunder to a 118-102 win over the short-handed Philadelphia 76ers on Tuesday.

The Oklahoma City Thunder head to Wells Fargo Center to face the Philadelphia 76ers in a non-conference matchup. The Thunder are 32-6, which puts them at the top of the Western Conference, with the second best record in all of the NBA. The Sixers are 15-22, which puts them in 11th place in the Eastern Conference.

While the Philadelphia 76ers planned to be shorthanded against the Oklahoma City Thunder as early as Monday night, the team didn’t anticipate so many absences when they initially submitted their injury report.

We Paid for This?” Joel Embiid, out again. Paul George, not tonight. Tyrese Maxey, sorry, hurt hand. Kyle Lowry, Caleb Martin, KJ Martin, Andre Drummond and Jared McCain — all starters or key role players at some point this season — did not play for the Sixers in Tuesday’s game against Oklahoma City.

The Oklahoma City Thunder avoided a letdown with a 118-102 win over the short-handed Philadelphia 76ers. It was a crawl to the finish line for OKC in an otherwise strong four-game East Coast road trip.