Aaron Vignins scored 21 points from the bench and Jalen Williams added 20 as Oklahoma City Thunder earned a 131-80 home route in Game 1 of his Western Conference Playoff series.
Thunder won a lot of winning in a regular season, which sets NBA records to score margin in escaping with top seeds in the west. He also rolled Grizzleez in 13 or more marks in all four regular-season meetings.
But this shock was at a different level.
Oklahoma City’s 51 -digit victory was the fifth largest in NBA playoff history, according to ESPN, and the largest in the first game of the playoff series.
Thunder, with protecting the top rank of the league, smooth the mmphis from the beginning.
J Mornt and Jaren Jackson Junior, Grizzle’s top two scorer, finished 30 (26.7 percent) from the region and 10 to 1 beyond the arch. The peacock was 1 out of 6 to 1.
Memphis scored just 20 points in the first quarter and things only deteriorated.
Oklahoma City started the second quarter with 23–2 runs, scoring the game for 10 consecutive runs.
After scoring 20 or more points in each of its last 72 games of the regular session, Shai Gilgas-Alexander of Oklahoma City finished with only 15 points out of 4 out of 13 shoots.
The Gilgeous-Alexander 3-point range was only 1 out of 7, with his only 3-pointer coming to the closing moments of the second quarter, which was to send the Thunder to Hafatime with a gain of 68–36. Thunder’s MVP favorite did not score less than 18 points in a game during a regular session.
Oklahoma City scored the first 12 points of the third quarter, putting it in the second half.
Chet Holmagren had 19 points and 10 rebounds and Yashayah Heartenstein added 14 points, as Thunder dropped Memphis from 27–5 at fast-breake points and gave 24 points from 24 Grizzle Turnovers.
Oklahoma City did not play in a week, while Grizlies played a pair of game to reach a series including a one on Friday.
Mornt and Marin Bagle III led Memphis with 17 points. Bagle finished 8 out of 8 from the ground, including killing a buzzer-beat shot beyond the Hafcourt to end the third quarter.
Out of Grizzle’s arch, only 6 of 34 (17.6 percent) were 6 and in total, 34.4 percent ended shooting.
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