OKC Thunder at Washington Wizards | Game Highlights | January 8, 2024

OKC Thunder at Washington Wizards | Game Highlights | January 8, 2024

The first points of the game gy drives inside shoots it right over the top of tus Jones and that is an advantage that’s what they do best they second in the association in those kind of numbers Thunder not too far behind and defending that bigger threes Williams been able to defend just

Spout anybody CH hen from behind the arc drills in from Deep Well gaffer he’s a shot blocker and he’s not comfortable he’s more of a drop back coverage Guy back to back threes how about getting up there off that kma Miss as giddy surveys nice Cut backside

Beautifully done Josh gy finds l d thunder come out a Vengeance here this is Thunder basketball right here just you know in transition you know taking those easy points while they take their easy points too and that can happen because you can get really affectionate with the offense

And forget about the defense got to be balanced as H grd off the bounce pass from Josh Giddy and then he so SC up for the jam already seen some really pretty passing from Josh G in the first quarter well and you got everybody mov you know

Taking those easy points while they take their easy points too and that can happen because you can get really affectionate with the offense and forget about the defense got to be balanced as hrd off the bounce pass from Josh Giddy and then he Soares up for the jam under

Off to a better start in this game in the first two games of the road trip they were down in really early holes dig out of in the second half Shay left open for the three he’s got his second here of the first quarter out this lead

Here on the road nine-point lead Shay had one in the quarter this one above the break two for two from Deep P putting his head down had a stripped away from from by SGA two on one momentarily dor gives it right back to Isaiah Joe but it was the Wizards

Getting back defensively until Shay is able to cut right through the lane possession ow and on the back side SGA has got his second steal came in right behind muscala there is Isaiah Joe he’s going to fly his way right up to the rim in transition we’re going to take the

Previous play right here this is a strip okay you you deny a guy at the bucket and there’s that play you what you say that was he did he was just fly what is he you see K Wallace and Isaiah Joe both there for the rebound good job going up high for it

Too KAS over to Isaiah Joe Corner three and he bottoms it he can knock down a shot like that he does not need a lot of time nor does he need a lot of space yeah yeah even when there’s penetration on the weak side shooter that’s a nice

Pass get over to J dub for the slam tyly for his three-point shooting and giddy he has been on point with those passes so far in this game has just been on time and on gidy with the pass that got deflected by shamon it’s a two-on one

And Washington just fumbles it away had an opportunity to thunder back five on four momentarily Wiggins will take the three from the outside and knock it down wildly that that category can swing and look how open he is I mean in the Washington DC area that in Bradley

Beal much different than when Beal was there good defense K Wallace all over Delon right as we like to say in soccer yeah play off Advantage yeah play off takes away a fast break opportunity how about J D extra pass over to Wiggins Jaylen Williams just breaking down that Washington defense

That’s just a beautiful pass and once again he’s being a you know he’s being that forward and here he is again my goodness this guy’s like a wizard against the Wizards Wiggins Wiggins is the one set that screen and then get downlo little no look action Bo that has

Got some spice to it he was on the Run was that a no look I’m not really sure folks but I’m looking just just too much distance on that pass Josh did a good job of not staying behind the guy just to dislodge that pass enough tough shot

Jaylen Williams bounces off the defender and then floats it up and air look at this watch this bump here he goes and he still makes it oh man I tell you it’s almost over the course of the season so far sham it from the outside no good and Isaiah Joel look at him

Coming down snatching away that rebound scoop pass right to hren who slices up through the defense and puts it down sque it real tight as he takes the hit got both hands on the ball and finishes boy if you’re a coach that’s the kind of defensive

Player that’s what you want to do when you put in different combinations Mark D has done that all season long folks not surprising that they had it going Isaiah Joe playing good defense on OA SGA tried to get it over to Chader and it scores out of bounds sometimes it looks good

Sometimes it doesn’t almost like this play you don’t know what’s going to happen since he loved me so much and asked me that impossible question the other night oh you’re trying to get him back what you’re doing and I’m just raising the states that’s all I see has

Been kind of not only they like to play fast they like to get to that paint as well how about the passing by the Thunder that’s the 18th assist folks on 24 wizard takes about 16% of their shots within the first 16 seconds and there is

Another assist for Jay du setting it up for Isaiah Joe had the feet planted for the three knowing that Washington’s still hanging around in this game he said offensively we’ve done a great job of sharing the ball 21 assists on 26 made field goals giving up good shots

For great shots all right thank you parison right out of the gate Chad hom grin well and you know they’re getting in there that’s what they do they like to get in that painted area about shade this man holding off the defender getting all the way to the basket with the left Hand but Washington is hanging around as jab just leans in into it right below the free throw line giving up the second most points per game in NBA history at over 161 over the first 35 games for them Shay open trying to break down the defense and does so with a nice bounce

Pass ched Homen flushes it down and that’s the only pass that s had to CH kind of went into the chest of SGA on that play but certainly not a whole lot of contact gidy spins away and then leans right into Gord spins it in nice low

Pass and then here he is just going to the body Just Bounce Jones had an otion on the three instead kman Chucks down the lane and ched hren just wiped it out Jade up done it a couple of times already here nice pass once again Chad hunger in

The beautiful dish from SGA and he’s going to go to the line for a possible three-point play that’s his fourth personal fou SJ might have got away with a travel boy C wide open on the Baseline airball it didn’t get anything you see giddy once again surging down the lane ched hren wide

Open sees some space and he still hasn’t missed from three he’s got three threes on the night now look how wide open Chad is again I mean I just don’t get it he’s wide yeah he’s wide open by far when you’re skilled as as Chad hren is

On all levels yeah and he does it what within the floor of the offense and how about that pass there wow just a laser right pass back to a cut by Wallace got 12 here in this third quarter so he’s been taking it to Washington on the

Offensive end wace tied up and the Thunder can reset Shay again trying to get the whistle just put it up played through the contact and got the bank and the team second and the last here’s a contact leaning to the side and he banks it in and the drive and it goes

In and [Applause] out Riley nice caught kenri Williams J finds him again there’s another assist he’s got 10 on the night he’s got the ball in his hands right now near midcourt has just been engineering offense now he wants to step back three defense goes away and there is the step

Back three boy and the sparkling night for JB continues how about this creating space knocking it down everybody says he’s a point forward he’s also a point Man Too there he is again going to work this time driving on oan it’s going to force a Washington timeout this time putting his head down

Charging right to the rim now SGA is going to feed the post hren back to the basket crosscourt Pass open man sets it up Isaiah Joe for the three as he beats the shot clock and the patience on that possession pays off where Isaiah Joe was

I mean it it was it was just a great pass and a great look by chess and so it’s an eight-point OKC lead Shay down the lane bisecting the Lane right through the defense takes the contact plus the foul Defender waiting on him he gets by the primary Defender

And takes the contact and somehow throws it in the basket now once again trying to Short Circuit this side of the floor and there is another turnover J punched it ahead Isaiah Joe he’s going to get blocked by Shaman Jones tus Jones right to the rack he

Missed it and this should do it thunder did not foul didn’t want to foul almost let him get all the way to the rim and the Wizards will not foul either and it’s the Thunder withstanding all that offense and pulling this one out 136 128 that’s

Appropriate it feels like it was a 7even to 10o game the entire 48 minutes and Shay another 32o performance for him to complement Chen hren as both of them had the offense going combining for 63 points don’t forget about Isaiah Joe knocking down the threes Aaron Wiggins timely off offense consistent

Offense and so J du with his double double a lot of different players contributing in a lot of different ways but the Thunder do get that road Victory one that they will take before they will head to South Beach and get ready to take out the Miami Heat on Wednesday night Regino

Marui he was in the Thunder building last year and they liked him everybody coming over and giving him a high five a lot of overlap between these two organizations from Executives to player personnel and it’s the Thunder winning the first of two on the season well you like the total team effort

Tonight that’s what it takes to beat any team on the road especially with the thunder coming in with a two a modest two- game losing streak lost by three at Atlanta lost by nine at Brooklyn and you win tonight by eight that’s how the NBA goes folks Luther ched hren had his offensive

Groove Isaiah Joe with his part that is Jared Butler who is a two-way player for Washington as you see Isaiah Joe homr and SGA Trey man having a word with the former Thunder but nothing but high fives and hugs as we’re still waiting Nick’s postgame interview these guys want to celebrate they want

To have the pleasantries exchanged and Nick is standing by with not one Thunder but two thanks Chris Chad this took 48 minutes to close out tell me about the concentration you guys had to have tonight uh yeah that’s that’s the NBA uh you know anybody can come in and and

Shoot the ball really well any night and and you know they were lighting it up from outside tonight so uh you know we really had to key in especially down the stretch uh you know to make sure they couldn’t be comfortable and keep getting good looks uh and I feel like we did

That yeah you guys closed it out with some scrap and some hustle plays Isaiah you were a big part of that tell me about that aspect of the game yeah I mean we needed to bring that intensity for this game uh we’ve been lacking that the last couple and that was a really

Big emphasis coming into this game so nothing easy uh bring that scrappiness and bring the intensity also uh season High 37 assists what’ you like best about the offense man the ball was hopping uh the ball has energy and when we play like that we’re a hard team to

Beat especially when we’re playing defense so as long as we keep playing like that I see you know great future for us and Chad you seem to really succeed as that trail guy not just to shoot but also attack off of it why is that so effective for

You uh cuz we have great players uh all around on the floor everybody has gravity uh so the other team has to decide what they want to give up uh and you know if they don’t want to give up the shot then they’re giving up the drive to somebody else if they don’t

Want to give up the drive then they’re giving up the shot so uh it’s just kind of a pick your poison thing yeah a lot of balance on offense thanks guys

Watch highlights from the Thunder’s 136-128 win over the Wizards.

0:00 First Quarter
2:30 Second Quarter
5:30 Third Quarter
8:03 Fourth Quarter
10:02 Endgame

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