Oklahoma City Thunder almost put Memphis’ grizzles on the bad side of the NBA history with its victory in match 1 of its first round series on Sunday afternoon.
The Thunder defeated the Grizzlies, 131-80, and this 51-point margin was seven points unless the worst loss in the playoffs of any team in the NBA history.
This record is still located with the Hornets of New Orleans, which fell to the Denver Nuggets, 121-63, in the first round of the Western Conference in 2009. It was the worst defeat in the playoffs in the history of the League.
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The Oklahoma Thunder goalkeeper City Luguentz is sleeping, on the left, the high-fives goalkeeper Shai Gilgeous-Alexander after having marked a 3-point basket against the Memphis grizzles in the second half. (Images Alonzo Adams-Imagn)
Meanwhile, Oklahoma City had the fifth largest margin of victory of any team in the history of the playoffs thanks to a huge ball movement and a selection of shooting, especially around the edge.
As a team, the Thunder pulled 50.5% (50 for 99), and they missed a single franc launch out of 15 attempts.
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Meanwhile, the grizzlies fought with a 34.4%shooting percentage, including a putrid 6 out of 34 of the territory of 3 points.
Memphis features like Jaren Jackson Jr. (2 for 13), JA MORANT (6-POR-17) and DESMOND BANE (3 for 12) fought all over the match. MORANT was the only one ready to nake points with two -digit.
Oklahoma City Thunder Center Isaiah Hartenstein goes to the basket in front of the Memphis Zach Edey Grizzlies in the second quarter. (Images Alonzo Adams-Imagn)
Oklahoma City, who obtained the seeded n ° 1 after having had the best record in the 68-14 league during the regular season, exceptionally played on both ends of the ground.
Defensively, they forced 22 reversals compared to their 15 for the game.
At the end, all the starters of the two teams rested while the depth players killed the chronometer at zero. Realisticly, it could have been a worst loss for the grizzly ones, because the fourth quarter saw only 19 points scored by Oklahoma City compared to Memphis ’17.
Looking more at the box scoring, The Thunder’s top scorer actually left the bench, while Aron Wiggins dropped 21 on 8 shots with four points.
Memphis Ja MORANT GRIZZLIES left the field during the second half of a match against the Thunder of Oklahoma City. (Images Alonzo Adams-Imagn)
Each starter of Oklahoma City has achieved two-digit points, with Jalen Williams leading this group with 20, Chet Holmgren by scoring 19 and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, having 15 despite the shooting only 4 out of 13 on the field.
