The Oklahoma City Thunder beat Houston 111-91 led by Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (20 points) e Chet Holmgren (18), con Cason Wallace 17 from the bench. It is the fifth consecutive victory for the NBA leaders, achieved with a decisive partial in the last quarter.
The game remains in balance until the start of the fourth quarter: OKC is ahead by two, then scores the 11-2 which breaks the inertia, with a triple of Ajay Mitchell and two bombs by Wallace for 90-79 with less than nine minutes left. From there the Thunder never looked back.
The final blow came shortly after: another triple by Mitchell opened a 7-0 lead up to 99-83, closed by a two-handed dunk by Jaylin Williams and from the timeout of Making Udokawho also gets a technical and sees the break widen to 14-0. Houston pays 33.7% from the field and a Durant 19 points but 0/5 from three (7/23 total), despite the 60-44 rebounding; OKC wins with 16 triples out of 41 and closes the practice in the final.
