We’ve NEVER seen this…
After the OKC Thunder fell to Scottie Barnes, Gradey Dick, and the Toronto Raptors 103-101, the reigning MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (SGA) stormed off the court in frustration. Not only had OKC officially failed in tying Steph Curry and the 2016 Golden State Warriors’ record of 73 wins, the offense once again hit a dry spell in the heart of battle. In this video, Gabriel Ebersole breaks down today’s loss to Toronto, SGA getting 1 field goal attempt in the final frame, OKC chucking 3 pointers for no apparent reason, rebounding struggles, and more.
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it's like 2023/2024 all over again but with much higher expectations!
I rlly like mark as a developmental coach but we're past that point imo we need an actual coach, an eric spoestra or a Kenny akinstin who can maximize our actual roster. Cz we have no bussiness losing too some of these teams idc if we're injured. There are definitly guys we can get like naji marshall/malik beasly/nic claxton that all answer our weaknesses this season temporarily so I hate how we're acting like these issues aren't solvable. WE HAVE THE MOST picks lets not be greedy. We're rlly taking sga for granted lol.
They need to make a trade fursure
This is largely on Presti. They needed forwards going back to 2024. But, he opted to get another center and a sg when the team was already loaded at the guard spots. The team could use some real, tough 2-way forwards. 1 might be enough. But it makes no sense to keep running these lineups out there. Then, their newer signees missing so many games is getting ridiculous.
Honestly I get what SGA was saying it was a tough night. We lost 103–101 to Toronto in a tight game. The box score tells the story: SGA had 24 pts, 6 ast, Dort 19 & 8, and Holmgren fought for a double-double, but we just couldn’t close it out.
A lot of guys were injured or missing, our ball-handling was sloppy at times, and we couldn’t hit enough shots late. That’s not just an excuse that’s real basketball context.
LMAO we gotta relax. How can you expect this rotation tonight to win against a good team? We need to see the team fully healthy, which prob won’t happen until after the all star game 😢
Yall tripping.. calm down its a 82 game season.. the only thing we need is a 3/4 who can shoot..maybe a bobby portis type. And smbdy need to get on Chet ass to do better cause we gave him a max contract. But yall talkn about fire coach this and that hell no
Like I said in the beginning of the season: Thunder won't be the #1 ranked team: They will win the championship.
Frankly, flop merchant. NBA gotta crack down. It's embarrassing. The worst part is it does a disservice to the team. Because they have good players. Worst thing the nba ever did wasn't cracking down on this last year. Mid season. And not cracking down on this earlier. I get the nba wants to see bit less throw up 3 pointers. But not this way.
Get sabonis
Joe is rubbish. Gotta go
Raptors didn't have #1 or #2 center playing lol stop
Thunder beat the east for a couple years straight, now they get everyone best game. Back to the mean is ok
Scottie Barnes won that game at the end
gotta improve our offense and get STOPS on defense. Last season, whenever we had bad offense, we would make up for it by being defensive relentlessly
Scottie own yall poverty franchise lmao
I feel like Shai needs to sit the team down and tell them to focus bc wth the guy tht stepped up was Dort and Chet but then our team is not healthy also we suckkkkkkk offensively people have bad games but MANNNN offensively my team needs to fix something talk to each other and focus
Raps will do that to ya lol
Wow this channel is sick! Should have tried it before
You'll be fine. Thunder are transitioning from "try hard regular season team" to "energy saving contenders". I'll be rooting for SGA in the finals assuming we don't make it
Raptors d had a lot to do with them not getting into the paint.
Chet sucks and i'd be pissed too, I cant believe he took that last shot, he needs to be traded.
The training and conditioning staff need to be investigated. This amount of injuries this frequent isn’t normal
Come home shai
I miss Scotty Brooks
Jamal who?
Trade Chet. Dude is such a bum. An injured player with a torn ACL is more productive than this bum with his oily hands
Jokic mvp not sga
Scottie Barnes though
Pass it on to the coaching staff
Mark needs to move off KWilliams. Why did he play that many minutes last night? Seriously. How many fga? Just wtf. IJoe has gotten less minutes why? If you’re not going to play Dieng trade him. We need size & athleticism to compete on the boards. It’s that simple. The small ball bs has to stop. Caruso on Jokic & Wemby like wth are we doing. The teams that always played us well simply beat us on the glass & second chance points. What good is having Cason , Caruso , Dort defending the perimeter so well if you can’t get the rebound? Play Dieng play Carlson make a trade , do something. Injuries aren’t an excuse.
Raptors digest guy is better
Once OKC lost to the Pacers, it was pretty clear they’d have a high chance lose to the Raptors again 😅! That many Injured players is the major problem 🤷