OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 24 factors and 6 assists and the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder gained their fourth straight sport, beating the Brooklyn Nets 124-108 on Sunday evening.
Josh Giddey had 20 factors, six rebounds and 5 assists, and rookie Chet Holmgren added 18 factors, 10 rebounds and two blocked photographs for Oklahoma Metropolis, which improved to 22-9, good for second place within the Western Convention.
The Thunder have hosted a New 12 months’s Eve sport yearly for the reason that franchise moved to city and have a 12-4 file in these video games. Brooklyn is 2-8 all-time on New 12 months’s Eve.
Holmgren and Jalen Williams, who scored 17 factors, scored the entire Thunder’s factors in a 16-8 run that prolonged Oklahoma Metropolis’s lead from seven factors to 102-87 with 8:49 left. Brooklyn acquired no nearer than 12 factors the remainder of the way in which and Oklahoma Metropolis finally led by as many as 21 factors.
Mikal Bridges had 22 factors – 15 within the first quarter – to go together with seven rebounds and 7 assists for Brooklyn, which has misplaced three straight video games. Cam Thomas had 20 factors and Nic Claxton had 15 factors, 16 rebounds and 5 assists. The Nets, who’ve misplaced 4 straight video games towards Oklahoma Metropolis, are 1-16 this season when permitting an opponent 120 or extra factors.
Oklahoma Metropolis shot 54.2% from the sphere (45 of 83), whereas Brooklyn shot simply 38% (38 of 100).
Brooklyn made its first 5 photographs (three of them 3-pointers) and constructed a 10-point first-quarter lead at 18-8, however the Thunder shot 54.6% within the half and finally led 59-56 at halftime.
The Nets have been inside 67-65 earlier than Giddey fueled an 11-2 spurt by Oklahoma Metropolis, making two baskets earlier than feeding Gilgeous-Alexander on a fast-break layup that made it 78-67 with 5:37 left within the third quarter. That induced Brooklyn coach Jacque Vaughn to name his second timeout in a 99-second span.
A 3-pointer by Holmgren within the ultimate seconds of the quarter put Oklahoma Metropolis forward 89-79 and began the Thunder’s game-clinching run.
UP NEXT:
Nets: Go to the New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday.
Thunder: Host the Boston Celtics on Tuesday.
