The No. 1 Oklahoma City Thunder in the Western Conference beat their opponents who are likely to meet in the playoffs.
Oklahoma City beat the Houston Rockets 137-128 at home on the 4th (Korea Standard Time). The victory reaffirmed the West’s No. 1 ranking with 50 wins and 11 losses. Houston has 37 wins and 24 losses.
Until the beginning of the third quarter, it was a close game in which the game was tied five times and the game was turned around 15 times. Oklahoma City opened the gap midway through the third quarter, taking the mood. In the third quarter alone, the team led 39-27.
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Shay Gilgers-Alexander led the team with 51 points and seven assists. There were only two turnovers.
He scored more than 50 points for the fourth time this season. After scoring 50 points at home against the Phoenix Suns on Feb. 6, it has exceeded 50 points again in about a month.
According to the NBA’s record media “Stat Mamba,” Gilzer-Alexander scored 50 points, more than 99.4% of all players who played in NBA history.
Jaylen Williams scored 24 points, Chet Hommegren scored 11 points, 11 assists, and Lugenz Dot scored 11 points. On the bench, Cason Wallace added 14 points.
Houston wasn’t in normal power. Fred VanVleet, Dylan Brooks, Alfirren Sengun and Amen Thompson were all absent. It actually looked like he threw the game.
Cam Witmore scored 27 points and 11 rebounds, and Reed Sheppard scored 25 points. It was a pity that Jaylen Green scored only 18 points.
[FINIX (USA) = KIM JAE HO, MK Sports Correspondent]