{"id":567978,"date":"2026-01-29T06:36:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T06:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/567978\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T06:36:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T06:36:21","slug":"okc-blue-fall-at-tulsa-trip-in-123-102-loss-to-windy-city-bulls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/567978\/","title":{"rendered":"OKC Blue fall at Tulsa trip in 123-102 loss to Windy City Bulls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jan. 28, 2026, 3:42 p.m. CT<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:440px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1769668581_87_87915810007-usatsi-27884702.jpg\"  elementtiming=\"ar-lead-image\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Dec 25, 2025; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA; Oklahoma City Thunder mascot, Rumble the Bison, waves a giant team flag during team introductions before a game against the San Antonio Spurs at Paycom Center. Mandatory Credit: Alonzo Adams-Imagn Images\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The G League&#8217;s OKC Blue came up short in a 123-102 loss to the Windy City Bulls on Wednesday. The home defeat dropped their record to 4-13 in the regular season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">In this second straight matchup, the Blue had a solid start. They were in a 27-22 deficit after the first quarter. Not bad, considering they were only down a couple of possessions. They showed out for the Tulsa crowd in their annual visit to BOK Center.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The second quarter, though, got ugly. The Blue had 32 points. Most of the time, that&#8217;s a high-scoring frame. But it was nullified as Windy City put up an eye-popping 43 points. OKC entered halftime in a 70-54 deficit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">If the Blue wanted to come back, they needed a strong first punch in the second half. Instead, they only had 24 points. That put them in a 91-78 hole. Not totally out of it, OKC had the door slammed in its face in the final frame with just 24 points. It trailed by as many as 26 points.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Blue shot 40% from the field and went 10-of-37 (27%) from 3. They shot 10-of-12 on free throws. They had 22 assists on 37 baskets. Five Blue players scored double-digit points.<\/p>\n<p>Need a news break? <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (play)|e|auto spike click:6|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/play.usatoday.com\/?itm_source=SPIKE&amp;itm_campaign=PLAYSPIKE&amp;itm_medium=ONSITE\">Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Meanwhile, the Bulls shot 50% from the field and went 16-of-41 (39%) from 3. They shot 10-of-15 on free throws. They had 30 assists on 44 baskets. Five Bulls players scored double-digit points.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Here are some notable individual performances from both sides:<\/p>\n<p>Bryce Thompson: 21 points on 9-of-19 shooting, 0-of-3 from 3, three assists, two reboundsPayton Sandfort: 19 points on 6-of-14 shooting, 5-of-13 from 3, four rebounds, four assistsZhaire Smith: 17 points on 8-of-15 shooting, 1-of-3 from 3, six rebounds, five assistsJabri Abdur-Rahim: 12 points on 2-of-12 shooting, 2-of-9 from 3, 10 rebounds, two blocksKevin Knox II: 35 points on 11-of-19 shooting, 7-of-12 from 3, 3-of-4 on free throws, 15 reboundsMac McClung: 20 points on 7-of-16 shooting, 0-of-7 from 3, 13 assists, three reboundsCaleb Grill: 20 points on 8-of-16 shooting, 4-of-10 from 3, six rebounds, four stealsGiorgi Bezhanishvili: 10 points on 5-of-10 shooting, five rebounds, three assists, two blocks<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The full highlights from the Blue&#8217;s 21-point loss to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/chicago-bulls\/4\/\" data-autotag=\"405d8bcc-fb36-48bb-8870-95d5603bd7ae\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Chicago Bulls<\/a>&#8216; G League affiliate can be watched below:<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"gnt_em_vp_a gnt_em_vp__yt_a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Tniwxb9yWeY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-g-r=\"vp_tg\" aria-label=\"Play YouTube video\" data-v-t=\"Windy City Bulls vs. Oklahoma City Blue - Game Highlights\"><img alt=\"\" class=\"gnt_em_vp_img gnt_em_vp_img__yn\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/Tniwxb9yWeY\/maxresdefault.jpg\" onload=\"if(this.naturalWidth&lt;200){this.setAttribute('onload','this.classList.remove(\\'gnt_em_vp_img__yn\\')');this.src=\" https:=\"\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jan. 28, 2026, 3:42 p.m. CT The G League&#8217;s OKC Blue came up short in a 123-102 loss&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":537726,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3783],"tags":[72400,7,6,310,475,179,3966,3965,30882,72482,72404,72440,74018,73099,72484,72445,72439,72406,312,72403],"class_list":{"0":"post-567978","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-oklahoma-city-thunder","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-oklahoma","12":"tag-oklahoma-city","13":"tag-oklahoma-city-thunder","14":"tag-oklahomacity","15":"tag-oklahomacitythunder","16":"tag-sstssportsnbathunder","17":"tag-sstsnokc-thunder","18":"tag-tagbasketball","19":"tag-tagchicago-bulls","20":"tag-tagnba-g-league","21":"tag-tagoklahoma-city","22":"tag-tagoklahoma-city-thunder","23":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","24":"tag-tagsport-scores-statistics","25":"tag-tagsports-news","26":"tag-thunder","27":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115977007742935536","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567978","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=567978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567978\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/537726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=567978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=567978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=567978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}