{"id":613045,"date":"2026-02-20T05:32:39","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T05:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/613045\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T05:32:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T05:32:39","slug":"okc-blue-cant-keep-up-with-salt-lake-city-stars-in-137-126-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/613045\/","title":{"rendered":"OKC Blue can&#8217;t keep up with Salt Lake City Stars in 137-126 loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Feb. 19, 2026, 9:55 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\/02\/1771565540_790_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 couldn&#8217;t keep up in a 137-126 loss to the Salt Lake City Stars on Thursday. The road defeat dropped their record to 7-15 in the regular season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Pretty obvious from the jump that this was going to be a high-scoring game. Well-rested from a week-long break, the Blue were in a 31-29 deficit after the first quarter. The back-and-forth contest continued through the second frame as OKC tallied 36 points. It entered halftime in a 70-65 hole.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Eventually, the Blue&#8217;s relaxed defense came back to hurt them. They scored 32 points in the third quarter, but it didn&#8217;t matter as the Stars had 41 points. That basically ended the game as OKC&#8217;s deficit grew to 111-97 with a dozen minutes to go.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Blue scored 29 points in the final frame, but never managed to get it within single-digit points. They trailed by as many as 20 points in a double-digit loss that resembled NBA 2K.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Blue shot 50% from the field and went 15-of-38 (39.5%) from 3. They shot 9-of-11 on free throws. They had 34 assists on 48 baskets. Six 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 Stars shot 58% from the field and went 14-of-34 (41.2%) from 3. They shot 15-of-25 on free throws. They had 23 assists on 48 baskets. Six Stars 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>Chris Youngblood: 25 points on 10-of-24 shooting, 3-of-10 from 3, nine rebounds, four assists, three stealsZhaire Smith: 26 points on 12-of-15 shooting, two rebounds, two assistsAnthony Pritchard: 11 points on 5-of-13 shooting, 13 assists, three reboundsKyle Rose: 18 points on 5-of-10 shooting, 3-of-7 from 3, four assists, two reboundsMax Abmas: 33 points on 12-of-19 shooting, 7-of-12 from 3, six rebounds, four assistsSean East II: 25 points on 10-of-16 shooting, 2-of-6 from 3, six assists, four rebounds, two stealsMatthew Cleveland: 21 points on 6-of-11 shooting, 1-of-3 from 3, 5-of-5 on free throws, eight rebounds, four assists, two blocksDereon Seabron: 23 points on 8-of-12 shooting, 1-of-3 from 3, 3-of-8 on free throws, five rebounds, three assists<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Let&#8217;s look at the full highlights from the Blue&#8217;s 11-point loss to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/utah-jazz\/26\/\" data-autotag=\"b47c1f60-983a-4f05-b662-93d89a8ac7dc\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Utah Jazz<\/a>&#8216;s G League affiliate:<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"gnt_em_vp_a gnt_em_vp__yt_a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SndV_ncz718&amp;pp=ygUIZyBsZWFndWU%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-g-r=\"vp_tg\" aria-label=\"Play YouTube video\" data-v-t=\"Oklahoma City Blue vs. Salt Lake City Stars - 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\/SndV_ncz718\/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":"Feb. 19, 2026, 9:55 p.m. CT The G League&#8217;s OKC Blue couldn&#8217;t keep up in a 137-126 loss&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":537726,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3783],"tags":[72400,7,6,310,475,179,3966,3965,30882,72482,72404,81306,81305,74018,73099,72484,72666,72439,72406,72465,312,72403],"class_list":{"0":"post-613045","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-tagdereon-seabron","20":"tag-tagnba-2k","21":"tag-tagnba-g-league","22":"tag-tagoklahoma-city","23":"tag-tagoklahoma-city-thunder","24":"tag-tagoverall-negative","25":"tag-tagsport-scores-statistics","26":"tag-tagsports-news","27":"tag-tagutah-jazz","28":"tag-thunder","29":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116101328842189017","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613045","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=613045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613045\/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=613045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=613045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=613045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}