Sonics coach P.J. Carlesimo canceled the early morning practice and let the guy’s sleep in after getting in from Cleveland. Here are the starters for the game against Indianapolis.

PG – Luke Ridnour
SG – Kevin Durant
SF – Jeff Green
PF – Chris Wilcox
C – Kurt Thomas

Earl Watson, Mickael Gelabale, Damien Wilkins, Mouhamed Sene an Johan Petro should all see action tonight.

Delonte West is still nursing a mild back strain and will not play. West also has return home to Washington, D.C. for a funeral. Robert Swift will keep off of his knee another day. And Nick Collison and Wally Szczerbiak will rest this game.

Swift did participate in shootaround during pregame, but trainer Mike Shimensky told Carlesimo that Swift was a no-go this morning. I imagine Swift still has some selling in his knee and the team is just being cautious.

“We’re just trying to give certain guys starts,” Carlesimo said. “Luke really hasn’t played a lot of minutes because he got hurt in Sacramento. It’s Mo’s (Sene) first time to play. Kurt (Thomas) wanted to go a little bit back to back. Wally (Szczerbiak) did not. So it’s just kind of spinning a lot of different people and playing different combinations.”

Rookies Durant and Green will get their first taste of back-to-back NBA games. But the flight from Cleveland to Phoenix is about an hour – not as long as other flights will be later on in the year.

“We’re probably making more of it than they are,” Carlesimo said. “But yes, it is a back-to-back with a flight in between, so it’s a different level. But we’ve talked about it and I don’t anticipate any problems.”

My Internet access is sketchy courtside, so I can’t promise you too much during the game. But if it’s working I’ll have quarter updates, and of course a post-game wrap up at the end of the game.