Jaylin Williams will be available for Sunday’s Game 1 against the Suns after missing the regular-season finale with right Achilles tendinitis. He had sat out his second straight game before the postseason, but he was removed from the injury report ahead of the opener.
The update matters because Williams is completely off the injury report heading into the playoffs, a sign the Achilles issue that kept him out at the end of the regular season is no longer keeping him sidelined. For Oklahoma City, the timing is clean: the team gets him back in time for Game 1, with the postseason starting Sunday.
Williams’ absence in the finale came after right Achilles tendinitis surfaced late in the regular season, leaving him out for a second straight game. His return now gives the Thunder a fully available option as they open against the Suns, and it removes one of the last lingering injury questions before the first round begins.
The only thing left to watch is whether Williams can carry that clean bill of health into the rest of the series. For now, the answer is clear enough for Sunday: he is in, and the postseason starts with him available.
