NBA Playoffs: Thunder crushes Nuggets on the court … and in numbers
The Thunder beat the Nuggets on Sunday in game 7 with an absolute domain in all facets of the game.
He Oklahoma City Thunder He wore Sunday in the wide victory over the Denver Nuggets. This triumph allowed him to advance to the End of the West Conferencewhere he will face the Minnesota Timberwolves As of Tuesday, May 20.
He Thunder dominated the game from the second quarter against some inoperative Nuggets that they never found their game or clarity when defending or attacking. Oklahoma City took the cluster of errors of Denver and closed the triumph for 125 to 93, which became the third team to win three games of Playoffs For more than 30 points. He joined in this facet to Los Angeles Lakers of 1987, to the 1996 Utah Jazz already the Cleveland Cavaliers of 2016.
The 32 -point victory is the seventh major victory in a seventh game in the history of the NBA (the major from the 2022, +33 Dallas Mavericks to the Phoenix Suns); And it was the biggest victory in a seventh game in the history of the Thunder/Supersonics.
He Thunder took advantage of the generosity of the Nuggets at the time of delivering the ball. Denver registered 22 losses and the Thunder He took advantage of these deficiencies to score 37 points from these deliveries, as many for any team in a game 7 since 1998.
He Thunder surpassed the Nuggets 64-42 (+22) in painting; These 64 points in the paint are the greatest amount for the Thunder/Supersonics in any game of Playoffs Since 1998.
Shai being Shai in this postseason
The Superstar of the Thunder, Shai Gilgeous-Alexandercontinues to demonstrate why he is a prize candidate MVP of the NBA. Gilgeous-Alexander He scored 35 points (23 in the second half), 12 of 19 in field shots and 0 ball losses; This was the second most points in a decisive game in the history of the franchise of the Thunder (Kevin Durant, 39 in the seventh game of the West semifinals 2011 against Memphis Grizzlies).
As if that were not enough, Shai binds to one’s own Durant In 2011 as the only player in Thunder/Supersonics with multiple games of 35 points in victories that secured the series in a single postseason (Gilgeous-Alexander He had 38 points in game 4 of the first round against the Grizzlies).
Shai It is the third player with 35 points, 60% success in field shots and 0 ball losses in a seventh game since 1977-78 (when individual ball losses began to be recorded); He joins Jays Tatum, from the Boston Celtics (semifinals of the 2023 conference against the Philadelphia 76ers) and Marques Johnson, of Milwaukee (semifinals of the 1981 conference also against 76ers).
In this report, AM850 Stats & Info data were used.
