The Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Utah Jazz in a must-win game on Thursday. The OKC Thunder might be the youngest team in the NBA and second youngest team of all-time in league history, but the Thunder had a coming-of-age win against the Jazz. Aaron Wiggins has to get more minutes. Josh Giddey plays a stellar game. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander gets help. Is Lu Dort benched? Isaiah Joe is back, and Jaylin Williams continues to have a massive impact despite a soft box score.
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11 Comments
WHAT A WIN, How are we feeling OKC Thunder fans?!
Is there much to celebrate when we beat a side who are missing all their star players?
We are racking up “cheat” wins when sides are shutting down for the season.
Thank God we had a little more action on the bench the starters lacked a little, but I can’t expect everyone to score 20 every game except shai right now
WoooooHooooooo we are going to the Play in tournament……. Get Mark Cuban on the phone & let him know "Kyrie & Luka didn't get enough wins, <insert Shark Tank Reference > & that's why your out"
Olynyk 2 assists shy of a triple double. The Jazz have not had a triple double as long as the Thunder have existed.
Have to say JWill hit some very timely 3's. When Dario was aggressive, he was very good and looked the grizzled veteran at 27 or so. Of course, Aaron Wiggins can be counted on to play a sound 2 way game. Strangely the Thunder had more offensive flow when ball wasn't in Shai's hands d/t the double teams and zones frequently encountered.
Great stuff Rylan
Give Dort credit for his effort. 19min 8reb (6 O-boards!).Wiggins was huge again. Saric w/ a big game
Fans questioning that the opposition was resting their best players there are plenty of instances when the subs play better than the stars. Take it! I see a very young team worn down by an arduous schedule and against many top teams. Most of the Thunder have never played more than 60 games, some more than 35 games. This year was a step up.
I looked up the team stats from 2006-2007 to learn that the before KD was drafted Seattle was 31-51, then with KD 20-62, and with Russ and Serge just 23-59 and then in KD’s 3rd year adding Harden they were 50-32. So it took three years into KD to turn into a very good team.
I agree and I've been saying it all season long play Wiggins !!! The thing I love about Wiggs is he has memory lost when he makes a bad play . It's about time they give him what he deserves.. starting minutes and a lot of them .