Thunder vs. Mavericks: Start time, TV schedule, and game preview

The Oklahoma City Thunder (19-26) is set to host the Dallas Mavericks (23-21) on Monday. Tip-off is at 7:10 p.m. CT at Chesapeake Energy Arena, and the game will be broadcast on Fox Sports Oklahoma.

The Thunder are currently amid a four-game homestand, having lost the first two games. OKC is 2.5 games out of 10th place in the Western Conference and a play-in series for the postseason when it comes to playoff talk.

Since Feb. 19, Oklahoma City has not won or lost more than two consecutive games and has the fifth-worst home record at 8-14.

Dallas isn’t doing so hot currently, having lost the first two games of its current five-game road trip.

The Mavs are sitting in eighth in the West and are close to clinching a playoff spot.

The Thunder will be without Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Luguentz Dort, and Darius Bazley due to injuries, and Al Horford is sitting out for the rest of the season.