51. Or the most high differential point of point-the highest since… 1998-between the Thunder and the Nuggets when Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was on the prosecution. That is to say how this second round between the two teams turned to the demonstration. OKC took control of the game from the start so as not to let go.
« It may have seemed faster because we stopped. It was a big difference between the last game and this “, Mark Daigneault analyzes who says” impressed By the way his team started the meeting. The foot to the floor, with a defense still physical and a desire to run manifest.
The Thunder intercepted 12 balloons, generated 21 ball losses with their opponents, marked 34 points with these lost balloons. And 26 in counterattack, with a favorable differential of 21 units. The gap thus dug, dug and still dug without the defense of the Nuggets being able to react.
After 12 minutes, OKC had scored 45 points. 12 minutes later, 42 more points! These 87 points at the break are simply a record in the history of the playoffs, surpassing the previous record signed by the Cavs of LeBron James in the 2017 finals (first period of Game 4) against the Warriors.
Like a symbol, Chet Holmgren, which had missed two crucial free throws into Game 1, converted two throws to reach this brand. OKC equaled the record for the greatest number of points registered on a half-time, the Bucks having scored as much in the second period of a 1978 match against … the Nuggets.
A team simply faithful to itself
« I haven’t really seen this evening as an answer, but rather as we are simply ourselves. This is how we have been all season. We do not really react to the previous match: when we win, we have no more confidence; When you lose, you have no more emergency. This team has a very good base on which it simply tries to come back every day, when the sun rises », Image the Coach of the Thunder.
According to ESPN, the 48-point lead in his training equaled the fourth largest margin after three quarters in the history of the NBA playoffs, one point less than their 49-point lead against the Grizzlies at the start of the last quarter during the opening match of the Playoffs this season.
Behind a royal “SGA” of efficiency, many of them contribute: 7 more players at 10 points or more! A collective force still impressive for this training which erased the difficult end of the match suffered in the previous match to redo the confidence.
« It is important to put the emotions aside. Winning 100 points or two remains 1-1, and I think it’s very important. As I said, especially in series, each match will be different. The teams will make adjustments. There will be a different audience, a different atmosphere. Sometimes we start hard, sometimes we start badly, everything will change. What matters is to turn the page “, Displays the team leader to finish.
