The Thunder have recovered from the setback against the Mavericks with an important and convincing victory. Daigneault’s team won the match against the Sacramento Kings 127-113, a result that keeps them at the top of a very tight West in which only half a game separates the Timberwolves, leaders, from their three closest pursuers .
The key to OKC’s victory was a 16-0 run at the start of the second half, which went from 72-66 to 88-66 and what was a relatively even match became almost resolved. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander served as director of this great stretch of basketball, scoring or assisting the majority of baskets, allowing his team to open a gap that would grow to 24 points shortly after and that would practically be equivalent to a knock out. And despite the fact that the Kings managed to reduce the gap in the fourth quarter, the gap was already too big to close completely.
But the Thunder did not live on these three minutes alone, as they offered a great image during many stretches of the night thanks to the ability of Shai and Jalen Williams to direct the operations. Both combined for a total of 70 goals, of which 38 were signed by the Canadian and 32 by the sophomoreand between the two of them they distributed 16 assists to also shine as generators for their teammates and continue to confirm themselves as one of the most dangerous duos of the moment.
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The Kings, on the other hand, once again orbited around Domantas Sabonis, who with 21 points, 14 assists and 11 rebounds posted numbers that only Nikola Jokic and Luka Doncic besides him have achieved this season. The center, however, did not find the necessary support in his teammates in the starting five, who combined for a poor 4/21 in triples and among whom no one, not even De’Aaron Fox who was left with a discreet 15 points , managed to take a necessary step forward.
The help came mainly from the bench, from the hand of Malik Monk who was the visitor’s top scorer with 26 points. Davion Mitchell, for his part, tried to take the team forward with a sensational last quarter, in which 11 of his 14 goals came and in which the distance on the scoreboard was reduced to 7 points, but his emergence did not It was enough to reverse the dynamics of a crash that had been almost decided several minutes before.
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2024-02-12 06:30:41
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