What a match and what a final we experienced between Golden State and Oklahoma City! Living between the myth of the best Warriors and the audacity of the Thunder reaching the elite, we ended up with a spectacular match which made it possible to understand that Chet Holmgren is much more than the threshing surrounding him, and he had a spectacular game in which he scored the key basket for his team to eventually take a 123-130 victory after overtime.
To be exact, there were 36 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists. The numbers speak for themselves, but beyond them, it remains to remember this triple with which he forced overtime when all seemed lost for his team; And there was just over a second left when he received the ball and, with Andrew Wiggins on top, he rose up to make a brilliant triple. “It felt like a movie,” says Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. Here is the proof.
If Holmgren provided a key piece to finish off the Warriors in Stephen Curry’s return to action, the final executor of such a fantastic display of basketball was Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. The Thunder All-Star had a sensational 32-point second half, including 10 in overtime that his team dominated 13-6. If OKC continues on this line – it currently has a 9-4 record – it’s a no-brainer that it will be in the discussion for MVP. And not only is he elite on offense, but on defense, as Chet explains, he’s not far behind.
“When one of your best offensive players is also one of your best defensive players, you have something huge. He’s really a player who makes us move forward on both sides thanks to his energy,” says the rookie.
The return of curry
The Warriors are much less without Stephen Curry, that’s clear, but last night, even the return of the leader after two games of absence was not enough. The two-time NBA MVP scored 25 points on 8 of 21 field goals. It wasn’t bad, but he couldn’t get the long-awaited victory for the Warriors who have accumulated six consecutive losses. The good news for them is that for the first time this season, the top scorer was not their point guard, but Andrew Wiggins who scored 31 points with 5 triples (more than the rest of the season).
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“I worked hard. I did a lot of shooting sessions, I worked hard and just tried to do the little things on the field, knowing that at some point I would get the reward,” said Wiggins, who will essential for Golden State to overcome this crisis.
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2023-11-20 00:51:35
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