OKC Thunder vs Boston Celtics | Game Highlights + Shai Postgame Interview | January 2, 2024

OKC Thunder vs Boston Celtics | Game Highlights + Shai Postgame Interview | January 2, 2024

[Applause] I mean obviously Boston is a little bit further down the road than the Thunder certainly the Thunder have been making some noise this year as the guy that’s really making a noise is going to get the thunder on the scoreboard first the matchups are Juicy as this Boston team has perennially been in contention there’s another drive this time it’s Jaylen Williams getting his way to the cup in the scooping score I that is some Tall Timber on the floor keep an ey on that match up two true seven-footers Homer got to his Spot Shot

It right over the top Thunder fortunate to retain see holiday that point of attack defender on the outside and coming off with a season high in three-point shooting had four Shay comes down to rip away that Rebound Shay close right by holiday got to the row PS it up with the lollipop layup and scores right by him I’ll tell you he’s got a lot of moves in that tool bag folks and this is one of them little stutter step just enough to get to the line and

Get a plus one offensive rebound inside he’s done a great job of getting in there amongst the trees and making things happen oh sh once again slicing right through that Boston defense kenrich down the Lan swings without to GID him he will drive on Horford that was a

Really tough shot he’s going to get the bounce as it plops right in so Jaylen Brown and porzingis on the bench Shay outside Isaiah Joe lets it Fly and Isaiah Joe carries the three two with those home games and the the hardest part is just the physical crime

Oh how about this it’s a beautiful play CH at the ball this LS picked it up could dribble how about this tough def defense by Tatum Cupa Joe says let me heat it up for you well you’re you’re playing that under a minute to go here in this first

Quarter Wiggins right up there on Tatum trying to be disrupted saw a swipe Tatum got inside and then got completely wiped Away by Chen hren on the [Applause] Block and Wiggins will let SCA operate the offense stops on a dock holds up and that is so silky smooth and almost

Impossible to defend and you like that because now the Celtics have to set up the offense their team shot it well the thir 52% SGA pacing the way me it going to give it up Jaylen Williams Fresh Off the Bench he will keep the scoring going to

Open up the second quarter assists in that first quarter off 13 made field [Applause] goals cornette up top but it got sniffed out this time by JB starting the break and holiday snipped it out that up Court P all the way to the finals and 2022 you know how good they’ve been you

Want to know what it takes to go up against one of the best teams in the NBA you also think that anybody wanted to grab that rebound so Pritchard comes in jdub and hred both had an opportunity holiday Had It swatted Away by HR and finally the Thunder able to

Consolidate open man it’s meic he will let it go from three and he’s got himself a three gidy in the corner likes that spot no on the three and the Celtics back door away oh Jaylen Brown ding it right into the arms Isaiah [Applause] Joe nice play coming out of the timeout and there’s a nice turnover on Jaylen Brown he can get really loose with the basketball we looking behind him to make sure that he wasn’t going to lose possession as Shay goes right around Brown left hand nice finish another

Great drive from m g and his the start of the New Year same team here though getting to the basket turning the team over as well that’s something OKC is focusing on in this second half another focus is on moving Boston defensively with ball movement and playing with Pace to get

Those good looks like that guys well there’s a good look from J du not too far behind now at nine off that last one by jayen Williams Jed HR looking for another one and he delivers another one that is three number 10 the break with those misses very few defensive breakdowns

Shane once again too much speed goes right by holiday again oh and porzingis Miss time the follow two on one giddy dumps it off Shay easy [Applause] J this is what I’m talking about get the ball quickly move the ball up the floor the Celtics are just too good when they

Set up their defense too good on ball defense and they’re too good collectively get those quick baskets Tatum blocked on the backside D swaps it out of bounds good Rotation by the Thunder just better Movement by the Celtics oh G is’s going to get fouled

And still able to spin it home right on porzingis I mean look at this you can just tell porzingis is going to block this and he had that that nice little gather watch this gather right there just to get porzingis up in the air cuz he was trying

To it’s but it does not affect like you Saida doesn’t affect the percentages it doesn’t affect how effective it is get he feeling it from the outside came in as proven players porzingis playing for his fourth nice Cut Wiggins beautifully done beautifully conceived oh you loving how it’s coming

Because the Thunder been passing a beautiful shot beautiful shot rotation he’s deadly he’s got that quick release like and there is the response three on the other end [Applause] SGA now giddy trying to make something happen off the dribble fading away tough shot is going to get the friendly [Applause] bounce see white pushing the pace smothered by ched h on the Block not have gotten the block forced him to miss a close in shot there sh

Shot right on that Baseline had the tide advantage over Derek white Corner the entire possession ended up missing went for the two for one and just Nails the three Boston defense digging in here RIS has to get it outside to jayen Williams Jay Williams just in front of the shot

Clock beats it for the three a critical part of the game Jay du open man it’s Wallace excellent shot in the corner the Thunder create yet another perfect look inside ground Hall Day so much offens on the harassing defense there of K [Applause] Wallace the th take it right back up ahead to jdub one-on-one with Horford and jayb throws it back and throws it down potential boom got it back this time he’ll let it go no and the rebound the right for the

Taken away by meic meic to Wallace wa what a sequence what a fourth quarter jayen Willam nice s over the shoulder from me much l from the Celtics defense is now a 101 and they’re looking to slow it down hen outside three do it can stun a little bit of that sub momentum but

Tatum able to recover The Possession essentially now sh is matched up on white bounces off of him tough shot and the Tipp in by l d as he came in from the perimeter the Celtics have put Tatum on SGA different from Pritchard or Derek white Shay passes over to hren hren

Loads up another three and that one rattles in and the Thunder manufactur the offense here JB inside gets it to go bouncing right off of Tatum and there’s a big two obviously build out that big double digit lead in the third quarter but this is good late game experience trying to

Close out a team that’s been to the NBA finals a team that is loaded with Talent these are the kind of games that you need to be able to file away and with 2.8 seconds left the one thing here that you do not want to do if your

OKC a foul on a three-point shot Brown that’ll do it don’t commit the foul the Thunder hold on and preserve the victory to close out this home stand and take out the Boston Celtics who have the best record in the NBA snapping their six-game winning streak it’s the Thunder who keep their

Winning streak going it’s now five consecutive games as they were able to slam the door here at pay comp Center and get ready to head out on the road and so they open up 2024 with a fantastic Victory we we talked about the Nick is standing by

With the player of the game thanks Chris such intense game pressure what did it take to outlast those guys yeah uh 48 minutes um those guys have been to multiple Conference Finals been won plenty of basketball games think they have the best record in the league um we

Knew it was going to take a whole game if we wanted to beat them uh no matter how big the lead they weren going to lie down and they didn’t um it obviously a really good basketball team and we knew the challenge coming in yeah Shay you

Guys were dominant out of the halftime locker room what was different for you guys in that third quarter um we just wanted to play through our identity uh we’re going to vary from it sometimes throughout games uh we’re humans we’re going to make mistakes but as much as we

Can kind of course correct um and make sure we’re playing to our strengths and our identity we’ll be the best team we could be in your identity downhill all day you were able to get around some highlevel Defenders what were you seeing to be able to get those cracks just

Being myself being aggressive um I work super hard um every offseason I work out like the best defenders in the world are guarding me um so I’m used to it in a four-point win you guys got stuff from everybody tell me about the team effort

Yeah it took all I don’t know how many guys played 15 guys I don’t know but it took all of us uh J Will came in had big minutes everyone came in that came in had big minutes um and it paid off all right thank you so much Shay congrats

All right thank get

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First Quarter 0:00
Second Quarter 2:36
Third Quarter 4:09
Fourth Quarter 6:50
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Postgame interview 9:40

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