Thunder star Gilgeous-Alexander cleared for injury return

Gilgeous-Alexander was not on the official injury report for Friday's game against the Denver Nuggets and will be available to play for the defending champions, who went 5-4 in his absence. Since Gilgeous-Alexander was hurt in a February 3 victory over Orlando the Thunder's lead atop the Western Conference has been cut to two games by the San Antonio Spurs, who went into Thursday on a 10-game winning streak. Gilgeous-Alexander is averaging 31.8 points, 6.4 assists, 4.4 rebounds and 1.3 steals per game and remains a favorite to repeat as MVP.