Top Plays as the Thunder Goes 4-0 in NBA Cup Group Play | OKC Thunder

Top Plays as the Thunder Goes 4-0 in NBA Cup Group Play | OKC Thunder

The craftiness of Demar Dar Rozan fully shown there and the foul was on Usman Jang. There’s Westbrook giving it up and AJ Mitchell coming down helping out and ripping it away. Now he’s starting the break off the Caruso the two-handed stuff in transition. Uh you know I just thought that he he’s been really blocking a lot of shots folks and I know it’s early in the season. Westbrook trying to get ahead of steam and that shot was blocked by Hardenstein. Well, and you know the Kings eventually going to get to their bread and butter is playing in that mid-range. Oh, there’s Guso. Got the steel. Taking it the other way. High off the window, but Hardenstein with the follow slam. They’re getting it in an unorthodox way. Shooting it lights out. Jay Will this time with space and he’s got himself a boom right off the SGA pass. Just good good. There was a double team. Kings are able to pass out of it. Shruder that time got swatted away by Hart at the rim here for Westbrook. Continues. Just remarkable. [Applause] Shay into mid-range. Pulls up and he’s got another two. He’s right there. He’s come up big too in some of these tight games. There’s another wide open lane and one you don’t see very often for SGA. And good defense. Ched homegrren affecting the shot. not giving up anything easy inside. Shay tough baseline fade away and he shows the skill. Joe gets one off the line. Jason Wallace gave it right back to him. Joe from the corner and Isaiah Joe gets that three to go down. Open shooter again in the corner. No offensive rebound. Case Wallace inside doing the big man’s work. Wow, just amazing that the Thunder have been able to hold the thread together with so many players missing games. And why not go right back to what’s been working all night long this time SGA serves it up to Hart. How do you maintain control in the second half? Well, I like the fact that they were able to get in that painted area. Survived all the threes by the Kings and that’s one way to settle you down is to get a three of your own with Mitchell trying to get downhill, but he ships it back out to the perimeter. SGA back up top. It’s Wallace wide open for three. And the ball movement pays off from downtown. That three was a good look from the corner by Clifford. Just not able to capitalize. Isaiah Joe on the other end. And he is able to capitalize with the three as SJ quickly gets it into the front court trying to get downhill. He’ll take a mid-range shot. And SGA very comfortable on the offensive end on the night. The Thunder have a lead by 20 or more for the fifth consecutive game. What a block inside and Chad comes up with it trying to start the break. Kings are able to pass out of it. Shruder that time got swatted away by Hartstein at the rim. Don’t sleep on the defense. There he is on the offensive end. He’s got himself another slam. Westbrook matched up on Hartstein. Drives, leans, and Hartstein with a block out of bounds. And that’ll be a 24-second violation. They’ve done a great job of just with withstanding a lot of rallies that the Kings have thrown at him. Mitchell using a series of screens, gives it up. Hardenstein. No, but Jet Homegrren off the bench with those four fouls with a power slam. Russell Westbrook has been the leading score, but if you’re OKC here, Michael, you’re in a great spot. You’re up by 15 points here at the start of the fourth quarter. Make it 17 points on the drive from AJ Mitchell. The Thunder have really moved the ball well to set things up particularly to get guys open inside and Homegrren with two in a row here in the fourth quarter and that’s going to go down as a block. Caruso up to Joe the mid-range and Isaiah Joe once again recognizing that it’s not a big scoring night for him tonight but it’s a it’s a good night for him to move the basketball and as I’m talking he does just that. Those tend to add up over the course of the game. There’s a nice rip away by Isaiah Joe after the missed three-point shot. AJ Mitchell, he has got another three. Players get paid for getting there as well. Correct me if I’m wrong. Players get paid for there is there is a monetary uh incentive involved. Leak Monk been one of the best scorers off the bench in the NBA. And no player since 2022 has more 20point games off the bench. Hardstein’s got a new careerh high that is 26. That this is very important to win a cup game on the road. And of course for the Thunder they continue to be impressive about as as impressive as AJ Mitchell with that last three-point shot. Well, he was sensational a couple of nights ago against the Lakers. How about that? That’s a sensational pass that big to big. just not giving up on the play. Joe, the flare and the three is pure. My goodness. Oh, now seven of 10, folks. SGA. Lot of contact inside. Spins into the end. One to the Thunder. Hardenstein again. This time he’ll give it up to Chad. He tries to make his move. got inside and he’s got the jam. Homegrren very patient waited for his spot. He knocks down the three. H Bailey 30%. Nice alley. What a dish. AJ Mitchell way behind the three-point line. Joe gives it back over. Nice cut. Avoids the defender again. That time Filipowski was set. I tell you, he’s one of those guys. He’s another guy who can move the basketball. Terrific rebounder about this nice drop pass and a dunk. My goodness. Jazz overplay on the wing. Back door cut. I never got caught because you know I never foul either. I I I don’t know about that. I I I think the boxer there’s a lot of box scores that say otherwise. Nice pass. Big to big action. Jay Will on a platter for Homegrren. Jay Will wide open and he’s got another three. the third here in the first half. That play got build out by by Mahilu. Oh, SGA contact wiggles his way in plus the foul in his first half for the Jazz. SGA again. It is Kase Wallace wide open for the three in the corner to tie it at 67. Mitchell forced that drive. Never had the lane, never had the angle. And it may have been an opportunity for a two for one. Nerkage the size. Hold on to him like a cheap suit. Sometimes the physicality is enough to make a huge effect on the shot. Dort a three and he rattles it home to tie the game at 72. Dribblers with the basketball. That was a slowm moving, slow developing play is what you’re saying. Thunder with a chance to take the lead for the first time all night and they’re going to do just that. with how this game has gotten called so far. Jason Wallace used the screen and leans into that scoop shot. That is tough. Wow. [Applause] One-point game. Dort again from the outside. Dort again for three. And again, he gives the Thunder the lead here in the third quarter. Up tall affected the shot. And SGA surveys, drives, and scores with a right hand. And a two-point lead turns into a four-point lead. Was their bread and butter for most of the ball game. [Music] SGA yet again from downtown as the Thunder lighting it up here inside the Delta Center. That has really come alive particularly here in the third. Michael, 17 threes on the night. Oh my goodness. It just continues to pour on for the Thunder. Mitchell back out to Caruso. Extra pass. Jay Will is opened and he’s going to get the bounce. It’s a thing of beauty. So, you’ve done a lot of work up to this point. You battled. You were down by 18. Now you’re up by 19. Check that. Make it 21 on the nice pass from AJ Mitchell to Hartstein. Now, I know seen Chad do that already. Uh Isaiah Joe has done it already. Oh, Caruso on the cut. He got sandwiched in between a couple of defenders and still able to get the deuce to him Utah here. Nice flash. Good ball movement back outside behind the back pass. You got a wide open shooter. It is Caruso who takes advantage and that was a thing of beauty to him Utah here. Nice flash. Good ball movement back outside behind the back pass. You got a wideopen shooter. It is Caruso who takes advantage and that was a thing of beauty. Minnesota and Phoenix to play Michael this coming week back at home over the Thanksgiving holiday. And how about Carlson in front of his home crowd. He’s, you know, a seven-footer that can stretch the floor. Good shot blocker. Kase Wallace wide open. And Kase is just continuing to pump up the numbers from downtown. They’ve only missed 12. That ties a season high 23s. Kase Wallace on the other end is going to add to this lead. Already a big lead. Get another opportunity. It is Joe in the corner and he’s got shot clock down to five underneath. Wallace able to get past and lay it home. You don’t have one elite rim protector. You’ve got two if you’re Oklahoma City. Side step. Shay knocks it down from the baseline is patented shot. [Music] Edwards on the other end. Win wincing and pain. Great pass. Wallace to Hartinstein for the stop. And they’ve been out on the road for a while. Their next game is Saturday at home against Boston. Underneath the basket. I mean, he was the best player in the league last year and has been first team multiple times now. Wallace with the slam. Great pass that time by Jaylen Williams. I mean, he was the best player in the league last year and has been first team multiple times now. Wallace with the slam. Great pass that time by Jaylen Williams. Four for 10. Thunder haven’t even attempted a free throw. Kyus Alexander gives it up. The win three is gone from Williams. First meeting between these two teams since the Western Conference Finals. The Thunder won that series by five. AJ Mitchell in the first quarter. Great back door cut. Hartinstein with the pass and the basket for Joe. In the first quarter, great back door cut. Hartinstein with the pass and the basket for Joe. We’re competing. You got to stay in this. That’s leadership. an area he’s grown in this season, says Chris Finch, the head coach. SGA tough shot, but it goes and it ends a stretch of seven points in five minutes on the step back. SGA drills a three, his first triple, 17 points in the first half. Like Alex Cruso saying, “What is inside Shay?” He played alongside and won a title with LeBron James. So he’s seated up close as Shay makes a ridiculous shot and is 0 for four from behind the arc. Shovel pass by Homegrren to a cutting Hartstein. Kept alive though by Wallace. Dort wide open and he gets it. Two-point lead for the Thunder inside. Five to go in the third. Goas Alexander with a kick out. Wallace got the three. No points off the bench. 0 for two from behind the arc. [Applause] Yas Alexander putting on a clinic with the bounce against the defender Terrence Shannon. First 20 games are significant. They’re more telling than the final 20 games of the season quite often. Edwards almost fell into the back court. Reed and good defense by Dort Edwards doubled. His shot won’t fall. Randle battling underneath, but it’s in the hands of Yodas Alexander. And now Mitchell penetrating and finishing off the glass. Tremendous success and a stockpile of draft picks. Yodas Alexander goes to the left hand. And how about Hardenstein with the follow jam. Rough night for Randall. Just two for 12 on the floor. Mitchell penetrating, scores again. A four-point lead for the Thunder. Guyas Alexander. Now Randall on the switch has him. Step back two. Got it. 29 for Gotas Alexander. His speed makes the defense collapse and he finds Dante. Homer has had a struggle tonight but got deep there. And the deficit is one right now for Minnesota. Mitchell trying to get downhill again. Kicks it off to Homegr. You wonder about the confidence. Well, it’ll go up when you swish it through. His first made three of the game in just a second attempt. Down the stretch of this game is end. Mitchell attacking and flushing. Julius’s playmaking ability now is shooting. First lead since it was 1412, but it evaporates in a heartbeat with the Harden Stein. Minnesota team that came in here wobbling, but have been competitively tough. Little back tip. Jose Alexander got the steal and the finish making it happen on both ends. Timer now at five. Here’s Dort with three. Dort drives. Homegrren with two. Lets it fly and hits a three. And the 13game win streak for the Pistons coming to an end. Oklahoma City with a win would have the longest win streak in the NBA right now with 10 in a row. Here’s Homer to Dort with a exclamation point trying to advance to the knockout stage for the second consecutive year. Both these teams 3 and 0 in West Group A. And away we go here inside Paycom Center. That’s going to be a time a turnover. We’ll talk about those numbers a little bit later. Williams gives it up and it leads to the power slam of Hog. Oh, and Shay with 5 seconds. It was all over him. Kept it himself with the left hand. Somehow hangs in the air long enough and spins it home on the floor here to start this second quarter. Oh, he got the rip. Took it right away. Twoon one. Floats it. Got it right back. He’s got his first points of the season. [Music] It’s a one-point game and all of a sudden that’s backto-back triples for Phoenix. The latest coming from Gillespie at least offensively. Now trying to go to work as Gruser came over, swiped it free. There’s a turnover. Crosscourt pass. Joe passed up the three instead elevates and scores as he went right by. [Music] He’s a really good backup. Oh, and there’s an in one for SGA again. Seven points in this first half and what has been a relatively close first half. Sh. He’s got another one. Oh, he’s so fun to watch sometimes. Out of Dylan Brooks in the post, gave it up to Mark Williams and we got a two-point game. There were no double digit leads in the first half. Michael, what do you expect here? And what an alley. Kase Wallace set it up for Jada. I like this quick action plan to answer your question with the Thunder in the second half. You know, just make plays before the defense gets sick. And it’s a nice drive and dish. Devin Booker setting it up for Williams. The Suns come right back with a three after the Thunder built the first double digit lead of the game, pushing it up to 10. Shay sizing up the big man. Pulls up, goes glass and scores. And Booker deciding what to do. Pulls up in transition. No the three. Jets got his head up trying to get the ball off the floor quickly. J give it right back to him. XJ Chen with the flush. They give it to SGA. 5 seconds. Heavy pressure out of the perimeter. Joe’s going to make something happen. Tough shot fade away and he beats the shot clock right at the buzzer. [Music] So, the Thunder have it here. Shay wants that step back three and he rattles it home to stay within striking distance here in the third quarter. Russo gave it right back to Joe looking for a three and it hikes in it. Joe bottoms it from the outside. I mean you can survive some tough calls that didn’t go your way. This is good ball movement here by the Thunder. And that’s three straight threes here. Jet not close on that three-point shot. Oh, heavy pressure. Kase Wallace. See where the Suns get offense here. Gillespie. He’s going to give it to him with a three. Got it. I don’t know what J was doing there. Out of the way. He’s coming back. Good will miss it. But the follow on Williams and he’s going to get an and one. That was not close. That’s one of those plays you just pull on. [Applause] [Music] Steel. My goodness. How do you do that? And on the other end, a ferocious slam at the rim. get down there to grab that rebound. That is an excellent rebound by Isaiah Jones. Shad down somehow hangs in the air long enough for the two in time. Gets a good look and he punishes it under it. See what Shay decides to do. Goodwin defending. SGA top step back shot and SGA delivers a big one here in the fourth quarter until he made his first one just moments ago and banks his second shot. Comes on an offensive rebound. The lead as slim as it gets but add two more. SGA plus the foul. What a game it’s been. Can the Thunder get some stops on the defensive end? It’s been Phoenix’s offense has been absolutely rolling and continues to roll. Clutch games early in the season haven’t had many. SGA off the deck. Burries another one from the outside. Full force down the lane. Missed the reverse. Suns back the other way. O’Neal has the three and it chops the Thunder lead in half with 102 left with the best they can get. Gillespie head down and he’s got the quick two to make it a two-point game. And Mark Del’s going to call the timeout. I tell you, I was holding my breath up until that moment. But here’s the good thing. putting the Suns in dire straits and they’ll do just that as the Suns will now call a timeout [Applause] as he stays in the game. Booker got the three-point shot off that comes up short. Caruso heaves it down the floor and it’s a victory here inside Pay Cap Center for the Thunder who ultimately prevail.

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