No Chet Holmgren. Or Isaiah Hartenstein. Or Jaylin Williams.
The Oklahoma City Thunder may be shorthanded up front, but they are a team with incredible depth — and they have Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. He went for a career-high 45 points plus nine assists to lift the Thunder past the visiting Clippers, 134-128.
Shai on career high: “It didn’t feel special…it felt like another basketball game”
— Law Murray ️ (@LawMurrayTheNU) November 12, 2024
In their first full game without Holmgren (out with a broken hip), Oklahoma City went small, with guys 6’6″ and under most of the game, and just tried to run the Clippers out of the building. It worked, OKC was in control most of the way, but the Clippers made a run near the end of the third quarter, including closing out the third on an 11-2 run, and got the lead down to three 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.
