Thunder get blowout win against Memphis behind Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's performance

Clemente Almanza @CAlmanza1007
FINAL: Thunder 124, Grizzlies 93
SGA – 23 points, 6 assists
Giddey – 16 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists
Wallace – 22 points, 4 assists
Dort – 14 points
Jackson – 30 points, 6 rebounds
JJJ – 16 points
LaRavia – 13 points, 4 assists
OKC is 45-19 – 9:11 PM

Royce Young @royceyoung
Thunder beat Memphis 124-93. Nine straight wins at home for OKC.
– SGA: 23 and 6 assists (8-14 shooting)
– Giddey: 16-10-4 (7-15 shooting)
– Dort: 14 (5-5 shooting, 4-4 from 3)
– Wallace: 22 and 4 assists (9-13 shooting, 4-5 from 3) – 9:11 PM

StatMuse @statmuse
Shai today:
23 PTS
6 AST
5-7 3P (!)
First game with 5+ made threes since 2021. statmuse.com/nba/player/sha… – 9:07 PM

Clemente Almanza @CAlmanza1007
End of 3Q: Thunder 102, Grizzlies 68
SGA – 23 points, 6 assists
Giddey – 16 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists
Wallace – 13 points, 4 assists
Dort – 14 points
Jackson – 18 points, 6 rebounds
JJJ – 16 points
LaRavia – 12 points – 8:44 PM

Brandon Rahbar @BrandonRahbar
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is 5-7 from 3 tonight for 23 points.
His career high is 6 made 3s.
SGA checked out with 3 minutes to go in the 3rd quarter. Guessing his night is likely done. – 8:41 PM

Brandon Rahbar @BrandonRahbar
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander didn’t attempt a single shot the first 6 minutes of the 3rd quarter.
Then he scored 5 points in 20 seconds.
If SGA is gonna score 30 tonight, he might have to score 10 more in the last 5 minutes of the 3rd quarter. – 8:35 PM

Dan Favale @danfavale
defending shai gilgeous-alexander really is an exercise in futility pic.twitter.com/wUSvSRko9D – 8:34 PM

Clemente Almanza @CAlmanza1007
SGA is 10 points away from making Thunder history. Let’s see if he can do that during these final 6 mins of the 3Q as he’ll likely rest the 4Q – 8:32 PM

Clemente Almanza @CAlmanza1007
HALF: Thunder 64, Grizzlies 43
SGA – 15 points, 3 assists
Giddey – 11 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists
Dort – 9 points
JJJ – 9 points, 2 assists
Jackson – 7 points, 3 assists
LaRavia – 8 points – 8:01 PM

Brandon Rahbar @BrandonRahbar
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 1st half
15 PTS
3-5 3PT
3 AST
1 TO – 8:01 PM

Ball Don’t Lie @Balldontlie
SGA’s stepback is just too smooth 😎
(via @okcthunder)
pic.twitter.com/W2SfLpoyHS – 7:59 PM

Rylan Stiles @Rylan_Stiles
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander knocks in a step back triple creating the space on GG Jackson. He has already attempted 5 triples (3 makes). Really feeling it out there, one miss was halfway home before it rimmed out. – 7:53 PM

Brandon Rahbar @BrandonRahbar
Thunder 3 point shooting in the 1st quarter
SGA 2-3
Wallace: 2-3
Dort: 1-1
Joe: 1-1
JDub: 1-2
Chet: 0-1 – 7:37 PM

Clemente Almanza @CAlmanza1007
End of 1Q: Thunder 38, Grizzlies 24
SGA – 10 points, 2 assists
Giddey – 11 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists
Wallace – 6 points
JJJ – 3 points
Stevens – 5 points – 7:33 PM

Brandon Rahbar @BrandonRahbar
Scoring update at the first timeout:
JDub: 5
Giddey: 5
SGA: 3
Grizzlies: 3 – 7:19 PM

Clemente Almanza @CAlmanza1007
SGA hits a catch-and-shoot 3, which forces the Grizzlies to call an early timeout. OKC leads 13-3 with 8:06 left in the 1Q – 7:16 PM

Brandon Rahbar @BrandonRahbar
Thunder starters vs Grizzlies
SGA
Dort
Giddey
JDub
Chet
OKC has won an NBA-best 8 straight home games. – 6:27 PM

Rylan Stiles @Rylan_Stiles
Thunder Starters:
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Josh Giddey
Lu Dort
Jalen Williams
Chet Holmgren
Inactives: Olivier Sarr, Keyontae Johnson, and Adam Flagler – 6:25 PM

Clemente Almanza @CAlmanza1007
Thunder starting lineup:
SGA
Giddey
Dort
JDub
Chet – 6:23 PM

StatMuse @statmuse
Highest eFG% in the clutch this season (min 50 FGA):
64.8 — Shai
63.1 — Steph
60.5 — Jokic
59.0 — LeBron pic.twitter.com/sDbXIAQFyM – 12:55 PM

StatMuse @statmuse
Most PPG excluding free throws this season:
27.6 — Luka
23.5 — Giannis
23.3 — Shai
22.8 — KD pic.twitter.com/J7c1APZmjT – 11:14 AM