The race at the top of the Western Conference between Denver and Memphis is exciting, and behind, without making a sound, the Thunder are reaping. Oklahoma City notched its fourth straight victory, moved into ninth place in the West and found itself just two wins short of fifth place…
Another team in a good dynamic right now: Miami. After knocking off New Orleans, the Heat have won four of their last five games.
Charlotte finally conceded defeat to LaMelo Ball, who is still hampered by his left ankle, but the Hornets won after a five-game losing streak. Conversely, Houston is still collecting setbacks with its 12th straight loss.
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Oklahoma City–Indiana: 126-106
Thunder struck first. And so strong that the Pacers don’t know how to wake up afterwards. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and his teammates started the game with a 17-1! With eleven passes out of twelve baskets scored in the first quarter, the collective demonstration was total (41 passes in total).
He will remain like that throughout the meeting. Indiana’s zone defense couldn’t change anything, even after losing 17 possessions, Oklahoma City’s players were too good to push. Isaiah Joe impressively scored seven award-winning baskets and the Pacers sank to their fifth straight loss. Fourth straight victory for the Thunder.
Oklahoma City / 126
Shots
Bounces
Players
minimum
Shots
3 points
LF
Or
D
T
p.d
party
Int
bp
CT
+/-
Points
Score
Jall. williams
34
4/10
1/4
2/2
2
4
6
6
4
4
1
1
+33
11
21
K. Williams
22
5/8
2/4
0/0
3
2
5
10
2
1
1
2
+24
12
26
S. Gilgeous-Alexander
30
7/17
1/4
8/9
1
2
3
6
2
3
2
0
+38
23
22
J. Giddey
30
8/12
0/2
0/0
3
3
6
11
6
1
5
1
+5
16
26
L. Dort
28
8/14
3/5
3/4
2
9
11
1
3
1
0
1
+32
22
29
D. Bazley
6
0/2
0/1
1/2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
-10
1
-3
Jay. williams
17
2/2
1/1
0/0
0
1
1
1
3
0
5
1
+4
5
3
Mr Muscala
10
0/2
0/1
0/1
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
-7
0
-1
T. Mann
17
1/4
1/1
0/0
1
2
3
0
1
0
1
1
-22
3
3
I. Joe
22
7/12
7/12
2/2
0
4
4
1
2
2
0
1
+14
23
26
A. Wiggins
26
5/10
0/3
0/1
1
0
1
4
2
0
1
0
-11
10
8
Total
47/93
16/38
16/21
13
29
42
40
25
12
17
8
126
160
Indiana / 106
Shots
Bounces
Players
minimum
Shots
3 points
LF
Or
D
T
p.d
party
Int
bp
CT
+/-
Points
Score
A. Nesmith
18
3/8
1/3
2/4
1
1
2
0
2
0
2
0
-26
9
2
Mr. Turner
20
3/4
1/1
0/0
1
2
3
0
2
1
4
6
-23
7
12
A. Nembhard
27
7/16
2/4
2/2
2
3
5
7
4
2
1
0
-16
18
22
B.Hield
19
1/4
1/4
0/0
0
2
2
3
1
0
3
0
-27
3
2
B. Mathurin
22
4/10
3/6
2/2
0
5
5
0
2
0
2
0
-19
13
10
O. Brissett
22
1/11
1/6
2/2
4
2
6
3
0
1
1
1
-3
5
5
T. Taylor
16
2/3
0/1
0/0
0
1
1
0
2
1
2
0
+12
4
3
I. Jackson
17
4/6
0/0
3/6
4
3
7
0
2
0
1
0
-5
11
12
Mr. Bitadze
6
0/3
0/0
2/4
3
0
3
0
0
1
1
0
+3
2
0
TJ McConnell
25
5/7
0/0
0/0
0
0
0
6
1
2
1
0
-5
10
15
T. Queen
23
5/11
1/3
2/2
4
5
9
1
1
1
3
3
+12
13
18
C. Duarte
22
4/11
2/5
1/2
1
4
5
3
2
0
2
0
-3
11
9
39/94
12/33
16/24
20
28
48
23
19
9
23
10
106
110
Houston-Charlotte: 117-122
For the third time this season, LaMelo Ball has a problem with his left ankle. The Hornets playmaker exited early in the third quarter and the score was 63 all. At the beginning of the last action, with a good PJ Washington, Charlotte passed a 14-3.
Jalen Green, author of 41 points, gave his last strength with five points in an 11-3 from Houston, to get back to three points with twenty seconds left. Mason Plumlee and Green exchanged free throws and Charlotte won. Twelfth straight loss for Houston…
Houston / 117
Shots
Bounces
Players
minimum
Shots
3 points
LF
Or
D
T
p.d
party
Int
bp
CT
+/-
Points
Score
J. Smith Jr.
23
3/7
0/3
2/2
0
5
5
1
0
0
2
1
+1
8
9
K. Martin Jr.
32
4/8
3/4
0/1
2
5
7
3
4
0
0
0
-11
11
16
A. Sengun
39
10/16
0/1
4/4
5
7
12
6
4
2
3
1
+2
24
36
E. Gordon
31
4/10
1/5
2/3
0
2
2
2
3
1
4
1
-21
11
6
J. Green
40
16/24
4/10
5/6
0
5
5
7
2
0
4
0
+4
41
40
U. Garuba
9
0/1
0/0
0/2
2
3
5
0
2
1
1
0
-7
0
2
T. Eason
19
3/11
1/3
0/0
3
2
5
1
1
0
2
0
-4
7
3
J. Tate
24
1/4
0/1
2/2
0
4
4
1
5
0
1
1
+14
4
6
Mr. Mathews
13
1/4
1/4
0/0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
+4
3
1
J. Christopher
11
4/6
0/1
0/0
0
1
1
0
0
0
2
1
-7
8
6
46/91
10/32
15/20
12
35
47
21
22
4
19
5
117
125
Charlotte / 122
Shots
Bounces
Players
minimum
Shots
3 points
LF
Or
D
T
p.d
party
Int
bp
CT
+/-
Points
Score
J. McDaniels
35
6/11
0/5
0/0
0
4
4
3
1
5
2
1
+13
12
18
PJ Washington
37
7/11
2/5
0/5
2
6
8
2
2
3
0
3
+9
16
23
Mr. Plumlee
29
6/8
0/0
5/6
3
6
9
1
3
3
0
0
-6
17
27
L. Ball
20
4/16
2/8
3/3
1
0
1
4
1
0
3
0
+3
13
3
T. Rozier
38
11/24
3/12
1/1
0
2
2
6
3
2
2
1
0
26
22
J. Thor
11
1/4
0/1
0/0
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
-4
2
1
Mr. Williams
19
8/10
0/0
1/1
1
5
6
0
3
0
0
5
+11
17
26
D. Smith Jr.
29
2/8
0/2
5/6
1
1
2
7
3
1
1
0
-14
9
11
B. McGowens
21
3/4
2/3
2/3
2
2
4
3
3
0
1
0
+13
10
14
48/96
9/36
17/25
11
26
37
27
20
14
9
10
122
145
New Orleans–Miami: 98-124
Like Indiana, New Orleans surrendered from the first act. The Heat started 27-8, the Pelicans responded with a 10-2 run, but Gabe Vincent ended the first quarter with a game-winning basket to take an 11-point lead.
With Bam Adebayo in good form (26 points on 11/15 shooting), the Floridian dominates in rebounds and inside. The gap is around twenty points and will remain stable.
The Pelicans would get back to within twelve points in the third quarter, but that didn’t change at the end of the game. Miami recorded its fourth victory in five games and moved back into the Top 6 in the West.
