No Chet Holmgren. Or Isaiah Hartenstein. Or Jaylin Williams.
The Oklahoma City Thunder may be shorthanded on the front line, but they’re a team with incredible depth – and they have Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. He scored a career-high 45 points and nine assists to help the Thunder past the visiting Clippers, 134-128.
Shai at the peak of his career: ‘It was nothing special… it was like another basketball game’
– Law Murray️ (@LawMurrayTheNU) November 12, 2024
In their first full match without Holmgren (dating with a broken hip), Oklahoma City went small, with guys 6’6″ and under for most of the game, and just tried to run the Clippers out of the building. It worked, OKC controlled this one most of the time , but the Clippers made a run late in the third quarter, notably closing the third on an 11-2 run, and cut the lead to three points Norman Powell scored 31 points to lead the Clippers, while James Harden had 17 points (on 5-of-15 shooting), 11 rebounds and nine assists.
Jalen Williams scored 28 points for the Thunder, Lu Dort added 19.
