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|[](/OKC) **117 – 112** [](/NOP)|
|**Box Scores: [NBA](http://www.nba.com/game/OKC-vs-NOP-0022301046/box-score) – [Yahoo](https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/scoreboard/)**|
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|**GAME SUMMARY**|
|**Location:** Smoothie King Center (17436), **Clock:** Q4 :19.6|
|**Officials:** Bill Kennedy, Derrick Collins, and Gediminas Petraitis|
|**Team**|**Q1**|**Q2**|**Q3**|**Q4**|**Total**|
|:—|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|
|Oklahoma City Thunder|33|40|23|21|117|
|New Orleans Pelicans|34|24|32|22|112|
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|**TEAM STATS**|
|**Team**|**PTS**|**FG**|**FG%**|**3P**|**3P%**|**FT**|**FT%**|**OREB**|**TREB**|**AST**|**PF**|**STL**|**TO**|**BLK**|
|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|
|Oklahoma City Thunder|117|46-86|53.5%|15-34|44.1%|10-12|83.3%|7|48|28|17|5|12|3|
|New Orleans Pelicans|112|39-85|45.9%|14-37|37.8%|20-23|87.0%|5|43|26|16|7|9|2|
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|**PLAYER STATS**|
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**[](/OKC) Oklahoma City Thunder**|**MIN**|**PTS**|**FGM-A**|**3PM-A**|**FTM-A**|**ORB**|**DRB**|**REB**|**AST**|**STL**|**BLK**|**TO**|**PF**|**±**|
|Luguentz Dort^SF|32:05|6|2-6|1-4|1-1|2|4|6|1|1|0|3|3|5|
|Jalen Williams^PF|33:47|24|9-18|3-6|3-3|1|1|2|5|0|1|2|4|6|
|Chet Holmgren^C|33:10|16|7-13|1-6|1-2|0|9|9|4|0|2|1|3|14|
|Josh Giddey^SG|30:38|25|10-14|5-8|0-0|1|8|9|4|0|0|3|1|7|
|Shai Gilgeous-Alexander^PG|37:55|24|9-20|1-3|5-6|2|2|4|8|2|0|0|1|12|
|Gordon Hayward|10:00|0|0-2|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|-19|
|Jaylin Williams|13:31|3|1-1|1-1|0-0|0|7|7|2|0|0|3|2|-7|
|Isaiah Joe|16:13|6|2-4|2-4|0-0|0|3|3|2|1|0|0|1|3|
|Cason Wallace|13:11|7|3-4|1-1|0-0|0|1|1|0|0|0|0|1|0|
|Kenrich Williams|17:50|6|3-4|0-1|0-0|1|2|3|2|1|0|0|1|4|
|Bismack Biyombo|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Mike Muscala|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Olivier Sarr|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Lindy Waters III|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Aaron Wiggins|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Ousmane Dieng|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Adam Flagler|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Keyontae Johnson|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
**[](/NOP) New Orleans Pelicans**|**MIN**|**PTS**|**FGM-A**|**3PM-A**|**FTM-A**|**ORB**|**DRB**|**REB**|**AST**|**STL**|**BLK**|**TO**|**PF**|**±**|
|Trey Murphy III^SF|38:33|16|6-10|4-6|0-1|0|6|6|2|0|1|0|2|-6|
|Zion Williamson^PF|38:10|29|10-17|0-0|9-10|1|4|5|10|3|0|5|3|0|
|Jonas Valanciunas^C|10:30|6|2-4|0-1|2-3|2|4|6|1|0|0|0|0|-11|
|Herbert Jones^SG|30:56|16|4-12|2-8|6-6|0|2|2|4|1|1|2|5|-21|
|CJ McCollum^PG|41:03|23|8-23|4-10|3-3|0|6|6|5|0|0|0|2|-5|
|Larry Nance Jr.|32:13|4|2-4|0-0|0-0|1|1|2|0|1|0|0|0|-1|
|Naji Marshall|23:03|7|3-6|1-4|0-0|0|4|4|1|1|0|1|2|17|
|Jose Alvarado|16:07|8|3-7|2-6|0-0|1|2|3|3|1|0|0|2|-5|
|Jordan Hawkins|02:48|3|1-1|1-1|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Jeremiah Robinson-Earl|04:57|0|0-1|0-1|0-0|0|3|3|0|0|0|1|0|7|
|Matt Ryan|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Cody Zeller|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Dyson Daniels|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Malcolm Hill|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Brandon Ingram|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|E.J. Liddell|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Dereon Seabron|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
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by Ciccone7
28 Comments
Great job CJ …
giddy is a subpar 3 point shooter who always seems to make/attempt 5+ against only us. Also, it is becoming alarming how CJ always bricks in the clutch. Really missed BI for this. We have just no offensive identity when the game slows and we need a bucket outside of BI. Just a brutal loss and we will need another shot creator on top of a big man
And once again a real important game against the thunder and cj sells, man I’m so tired that this man is the most expensive player on the roster, takes shots like he’s Kobe but actually plays like buddy hield
You put bi in, instead of cj, we most likely win this, if nothing else bi has no problem giving z the ball, and FOR THE LOVE OF GOD! DAVID GRIFFIN GET US TWO BIGS THAT WILLIE WILL USE AND ACTUALLY FIT WITH THE TEAM!!! Larry is sooooo bad offensively the switchability he brings is negligible and willie refuses to go to jonas even though he’s relatively consistent offensively
Karlo better be ready this offseason to take Larry’s place next year, and if I don’t see us either trade for Wendell or draft a guy like Kyle, and instead go for a more traditional center, I’m gonna lose it with DG, also if cj costs us the playoffs, he needs to be sent to a team who have pieces we can use, like a Pg and a 4
Rant over lol
Also man we gotta give credit to Lu Dort. He did a great job on Zion at the end.
Is Jonas still alive ?
Selfish McCollum 😡
I don’t understand why we just completely avoid JV in the 2nd half of games now. Like, I get he can’t switch like Nance, but he can rebound and score.
This team literally can’t win any close game against a good team, and we’ve literally never staged a fourth quarter comeback yet, it’s pathetic
How you have 5 point lead with 3 minutes left and don’t call a time till you’re down 3 with a minute left. Then, you call a hot garbage Elbow zero ball movement ISO out of a timeout. I need answers not credit!
I know we got refballed a bit, but this is exactly why no one takes us seriously for the playoffs. Colossal collapse
JV should have been in there at the end. We needed rebounds and Larry wasn’t getting any.
Larry Nance Jr and Willie’s obsession with him is a big fucking problem.
We were leading and we lost everything in the last 5 minutes, it’s so frustrating 😔
really looks like the guys wanted it more than the coaches there. unfortunate.
Game doesn’t count because it was on Bounce TV.
That’s OK go next, giddy ain’t hitting 5/8 3 next time we play
Willie Green will have to be held accountable sooner or later ⏳
3:11 without a basket to close the game is next level choking. Took Willie 2 scoreless minutes of CJ hero ball and giving up offensive rebounds to call a timeout. And not a single shot attempt by Zion or Trey in the last 3 minutes. A true clutch time disaster class
I’ve realized this season most of you all have poor to zero basketball iq who only care about feels
JV gets 6 pts 6 rebounds and an assist in 10 min and doesn’t see the floor in the 2nd half. We proceed to get killed on the glass the whole game and Larry puts up 4 and 2 in 32 minutes. What is going on bw WG and JV?
Been clear for over two years, but as diehard fan in hopes of deep run this year, and beyond, CJ’s gotta go, or begin to understand who he is, and his role
Knicks fan as well, and we lost recent Warriors game directly following two plays by Alex Burks
We lost tonight directly following two god awful, selfish plays by CJ
Separate from Green, Zion, and every other player, CJ needs to recognize and hold himself accountable first and foremost
The theme is mostly the same and that is the big man problem. Its like beating a dead horse at this point but David Griffin not doing anything there will come back to bite. He needed to at least get a backup that Willie would be comfortable with if Jonas is struggling. He got Zeller who doesn’t fit Willie’s scheme.
No real improvements with this team. Playoff games constantly go down to the final couple buckets, the outcome will be pretty obvious.
I miss B.I like crazy we would certainly have won with him 😿
I like CJ, he comes in clutch for us at times, along with doing positive things in the community. However, If you know as a player you are having an off night shooting the rock. You gotta pass it off to whomever has the hotter hand. In tonight’s case, it was Murphy. 8 for 23 is an in-excusable stat. Nance playing for 33 minutes and having only 2 boards is troubling. He’s was out of position the entire night.
You need to be able to win these clutch time games, ESPECIALLY AT FUCKING HOME. It’s fucking mind blowing that this team can come back from down 20 only to literally dribble the game away.
Willie needs to bench CJ and get this hero ball bullshit mentality off the fucking court for the last two minutes. I will die on that hill.
Tough night. Missed slim here tonight. Z was a force but needed someone to balance out the offense during his rest periods cause CJ was off most of the night.
I would love to see this matchup in the playoffs. BI can handle the chet matchup. They will run him at the 5 in clutch time if I’m reading it right. Could even go with Naji/Dyson/Jose out there too if CJ is off.
Good game and learned a lot about how to attack a playoff series if that matchup came
The scheme is built to use Nance as a more mobile to cover OKC who has 4-5 ball handlers on the court basically at all times. Nance got pretty few counting stats but he’s out there for the scheme so I don’t really argue that. Also, per previous post in this sub, SGA eats against drop coverage; but the idea that JV can’t get even a single minute in the 2nd half is questionable.
Also, if JV can’t buy 2nd half minutes why is he starting at all? Why not just run Nance with the starters because that’s clearly what the coaches want anyways? He can definitely run with bench units as a main guy in staggered minutes. I get he was -11 but the offense didn’t do him any favours, CJ went like 0/6 in those minutes. 15-18 minutes of JV running w/ the bench (where he can get touches without Z/CJ/BI) would be astronomically better than the way he’s being used right now