The Utah Jazz recently made an Oklahoma City Thunder-like trade with the Phoenix Suns and it could pay off in the future.

Utah now continues its road trip against the best in the west, the Oklahoma City Thunder.

The OKC Thunder hope to get a second straight win as they travel back to the Sooner State to play a dwindled Jazz team.

The Utah Jazz are back to the grind on Wednesday night in likely one of their toughest road battles of the season-- facing the top-ranked team in the Western Conference, the Oklahoma City Thunder.

The University of Utah has made headlines by being ranked as the second most valuable football program among Big 12 teams

Leading 61-53 with five minutes left, Baylor outscored the Utes 9-2 over the next three minutes with Omier scoring seven points on two free throws, a jumper and a 3-pointer. Robert Wright, who finished with 14 points, went 6 for 6 from the free-throw line in the final two minutes.

Utah Jazz general manager Justin Zanik looked out on the court and saw what he hopes will be his team’s future. Four of the five players on the court for the Oklahoma City Thunder — the top team in the Western Conference — were players it had drafted.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander erupted for a career-high 54 points as the Oklahoma City Thunder overpowered the Utah Jazz 123-114 on Wednesday.Gilgeous-Alexander bagged the first 50-point game of his career with a dazzling all-round performance that included eight rebounds,

Totals 44-95 23-25 123. 3-Point Goals_Utah 14-37 (Markkanen 3-10, Collins 2-3, Collier 2-4, George 2-5, Mykhailiuk 2-5, Sexton 2-6, Harkless 1-4), Oklahoma City 12-39 (Gilgeous-Alexander 3-10 ...

Collins 9-13 2-2 22, Markkanen 7-17 0-0 17, Kessler 8-10 1-4 17, George 3-11 7-8 15, Sexton 7-15 2-4 18, Eubanks 1-2 4-6 6, Mykhailiuk 2-6 0-0 6, Filipowski 0-1 0-0 0, Collier 3-10 0-0 8, Harkless 2-5 0-0 5. Totals 42-90 16-24 114.

Milwaukee seeks to extend its five-game win streak with a victory over Utah. Monday's matchup is the first of the season for the two squads.

The Thunder are set for their Sunday game against the Portland Trail Blazers, and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is fully fit to take the court.