Thunder coach Billy Donovan said he’s “pretty optimistic” about Cameron Payne, Nick Collison and Nazr Mohammed each being available for Game 2 Monday against Dallas.
Collison (chest contusion) didn’t play in the second half and Mohammed (strained right calf) left in the fourth quarter of the Thunder's 108-70 win in Game 1. Payne was inactive (hip soreness).
Per Donovan, Payne was experiencing some soreness after practice on Friday.
“I just don’t think the medical staff wanted to have something like this prolonged over the course of the series,” Donovan said Sunday about Payne.