{"id":490332,"date":"2025-12-23T05:40:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T05:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/490332\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T05:40:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T05:40:12","slug":"shai-gilgeous-alexander-scores-31-oklahoma-city-thunder-rebound-from-two-losses-in-three-games-to-beat-memphis-grizzlies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/490332\/","title":{"rendered":"Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scores 31, Oklahoma City Thunder rebound from two losses in three games to beat Memphis Grizzlies"},"content":{"rendered":"

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) \u2014 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander<\/a> scored 31 points, and the Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a> bounced back after two losses in three games to beat the Memphis Grizzlies<\/a> 119-103 on Monday night in a matchup of teams missing several key contributors.<\/p>\n

Gilgeous-Alexander made 11 of 20 shots and had eight assists and four steals. It was his 100th consecutive game with at least 20 points, adding to the second-longest streak in NBA history.<\/p>\n

Jalen Williams<\/a> scored 24 points and Ajay Mitchell<\/a> added 16 off the bench before leaving midway through the fourth quarter for Oklahoma City (26-3), which played without starters Chet Holmgren<\/a> (illness) and Isaiah Hartenstein<\/a> (calf soreness). <\/p>\n

Cedric Coward<\/a> and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope<\/a> each scored 15 points for Memphis (13-16), which played without injured starters Ja Morant<\/a> (ankle) and Zach Edey<\/a> (ankle). The Grizzlies committed 23 turnovers, leading to 31 Oklahoma City points. <\/p>\n

The teams combined to shoot 80 3-pointers. The Grizzlies were 18 for 41 (44%), while the Thunder made 15 of 39 (38%).<\/p>\n

Oklahoma City led 67-54 at halftime. The Thunder turned a 57-47 lead into a 17-point advantage on a dunk by Williams, a deep 3-point basket by Lu Dort and a layup by Gilgeous-Alexander. Three turnovers by Caldwell-Pope fueled the blitz.<\/p>\n

After Memphis cut the Thunder lead to 78-71 on a corner 3-pointer by Caldwell-Pope with 2:25 left in the third, Williams made a pair of jumpers and then threw down a dunk over Christian Koloko<\/a> to make it 84-71.<\/p>\n

The Thunder took a 93-75 lead on a 3-pointer by Mitchell early in the fourth, but Memphis fought back. The Grizzlies pulled within 101-97 on Caldwell-Pope\u2019s 3-pointer, but Gilgeous-Alexander answered with a 3-pointer, then assisted Branden Carlson<\/a> on a corner 3-point shot to extend the lead to 107-97. <\/p>\n

That was as close as Memphis would get. Oklahoma City extended the lead to 113-99 on back-to-back baskets by Gilgeous-Alexander.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

Grizzlies: Visit the Utah Jazz<\/a> on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

Thunder: Visit the San Antonio Spurs<\/a> on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

AP NBA: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/NBA<\/p>\n

Tim Willert, The Associated Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) \u2014 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 31 points, and the Oklahoma City Thunder bounced back after two…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":490333,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3783],"tags":[7,6,310,475,179,3966,3965,66,312],"class_list":{"0":"post-490332","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-oklahoma-city-thunder","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-nba","10":"tag-oklahoma","11":"tag-oklahoma-city","12":"tag-oklahoma-city-thunder","13":"tag-oklahomacity","14":"tag-oklahomacitythunder","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-thunder"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115767281186006033","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=490332"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490332\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/490333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=490332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=490332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=490332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}