After Chet Holmgren and Grayson Allen were separated, both sides went back to their respective benches. The referees went to review a foul that was eventually upgraded to a flagrant foul.

Before that happened, though, Jalen Williams was full of adrenaline. He egged the OKC crowd on to roar at the scuffle. That provided another boost to turn this from your average blowout to historic territory.

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Williams finished with 15 points on 5-of-8 shooting, five rebounds and five assists. He shot 1-of-3 from 3 and went 4-of-4 on free throws. He also had a steal.

The Oklahoma City Thunder absolutely humiliated the Phoenix Suns in their 138-89 NBA Cup win. That’s one way to punch in your ticket to Las Vegas for a second straight year.

Slicing through Phoenix’s defense, Williams helped destroy the Suns before halftime even arrived. He wasn’t needed to put up a monster outing, but played within the flow of the offense and defense to snowball the scoreboard. Like the rest of the starters, he was able to relax in the fourth quarter.

When asked about his moment after Allen’s flagrant foul, Williams said he wanted to back up Holmgren. The Thunder usually don’t get involved in extracurricular activities, but almost doubling the Suns on the scoreboard likely caused some bad moods from the road bench.

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“Just, I don’t know. We’re up 40. I think something happened on the play before. Probably some frustration there. Just making sure I have Chet’s back. That’s about it,” Williams said. “It’s like, I don’t know. He’s kinda done it his whole career. I feel him. Just make sure I have my teammate’s back and go from there. It’s not anything that needs to be blown up. As bad as I want it to be blown up. Nobody really fights in the NBA anyway.”

You gotta give Williams credit for how he’s played since his return. On a winning machine, he’s seamlessly fit into their style of basketball on both ends. Duh. But the 24-year-old has done the delicate balance of knocking off rust and playing within the flow of the game.

That should scare the rest of the NBA. Once Williams gets his jumper back, the Thunder will add an All-NBA player. They’re already unstoppable. Getting another talent like that is just flat-out unfair for the rest of the league. Juggling injuries all season is a variable that’s flown under the radar in terms of impressiveness with this historic start.

Does it ever get boring with all these constant blowouts? Nope. Not for Williams. The 24-year-old loves his championship ring and lopsided scoreboard. And considering the fourth anniversary recently passed when OKC lost by an NBA-record 73 points to the Memphis Grizzlies, he believes teammates remaining from that team bring a perspective on what things can be like.

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“Winning is never boring. There was a time when some players on our team were getting blown out. Not going to name names, but we lost by 70. I think a lot of guys have that in the back of their mind,” Williams said. “Even my first year. We weren’t winning a ton. We were solid. But I think I had that in the back of my mind. You can’t get bored with the process. I think having the lineup we had in at the end of the game, watching them be able to play is a little bit more motivation, too. They work really hard behind the scenes… Winning is winning. We’ll take ugly wins and pretty wins.”

This article originally appeared on OKC Thunder Wire: Why winning never gets ‘boring’ for Jalen Williams in OKC’s 24-1 start