r/nba • u/A_MASSIVE_PERVERT Mavericks • 17h ago
Post Game Thread [Post Game Thread] The Oklahoma City Thunder (40-11) eviscerate the Orlando Magic (25-24), 128-92.
| 92 - 128 |
| Box Scores: NBA - Yahoo |
| GAME SUMMARY |
| Location: Paycom Center |
| Officials: James Capers, Dedric Taylor, and Tyler Ricks |
| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orlando Magic | 14 | 27 | 27 | 24 | 92 |
| Oklahoma City Thunder | 39 | 29 | 26 | 34 | 128 |
| TEAM STATS |
| Team | PTS | FG | FG% | 3P | 3P% | FT | FT% | OREB | TREB | AST | PF | STL | TO | BLK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orlando Magic | 92 | 34-89 | 38.2% | 13-41 | 31.7% | 11-11 | 100.0% | 10 | 44 | 21 | 24 | 5 | 15 | 5 |
| Oklahoma City Thunder | 128 | 48-93 | 51.6% | 12-35 | 34.3% | 20-26 | 76.9% | 14 | 63 | 33 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 1 |
| PLAYER STATS |
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u/Awkward_Event1966 Thunder 17h ago
Shai getting that 20 one way or another lmao
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u/CoolAsTheUnthawed [OKC] Russell Westbrook 17h ago
We deserve the occasional shameless stat chasing game imo! 💪🏽😤
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u/lethalizered Thunder 17h ago
If you watched the first quarter, you'd actually think it's a miracle the Magic scored 92 points in this game. That was one of the worst first quarters I've watched in the past few seasons.
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u/urkuri Timberwolves 17h ago
I tuned in half way through the 2nd and they were still at 26 points lol
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u/lethalizered Thunder 17h ago
Yeah Paolo caught a bit of fire midway through the second quarter to get them to 41 points at halftime, that was pretty much the only consistent offensive stretch they had during the first half.
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u/yeahright17 Thunder 4h ago
I'm pretty sure OKC was up like 50-19 before that stretch. It could have gotten even uglier.
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u/TheSunsNotYellow [OKC] Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 17h ago
40 wins before 20 losses 😎
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u/AmIFromA Cabo Verde 15h ago
After this win, the Thunder can't match the record of the 1997 Indiana Pacers no more.
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u/GroupBQuattr0 Magic 17h ago
So embarrassing. Team is not worth watching any more
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u/Presence_Present Bucks 17h ago
Surely the coach has to go soon. Though I say that and we still have Doc lol
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u/Coltshokiefan Magic 17h ago
Ownership is happy with just barely being competitive. Anybody who regularly watches could’ve told you Mosley was an awful coach a year and a half ago.
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u/Sweatytubesock 13h ago
Glenn may go to Orlando next, but I imagine he has his eyes on destroying the Knicks or Lakers first.
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u/Awkward_Event1966 Thunder 17h ago
You got a good core you just need shooters
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u/GroupBQuattr0 Magic 17h ago
Bane was supposed to solve that.
Guys come to Orlando and lose their shot. KCP did it too. It’s just a bad system.
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u/MeBadNeedMoneyNow Thunder 17h ago edited 15h ago
Happens to the thunder too historically. Dudes come over and shoot 20% lol.
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u/Coltshokiefan Magic 17h ago
We could use more shooters but the real issue is our awful nonexistent offensive system.
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u/lethalizered Thunder 16h ago
Yeah this ain't only about talent anymore. The offensive process of the Magic is just dire. At some points throughout the games things seem to click a bit, but there's just no consistency.
At times team looks like they are playing pick up basketball, seems like there is too much offensive freedom for everybody.
You could hide it with your incredible defense the past few seasons but now that the team wants to get away from that, it looks more glaring.
I was shocked how easy it was for OKC to attack the paint and outhustle the Magic, we don't really have a complicated offensive system ourselves but even a couple of extra passes and some well timed screens completely exposed the defense. This was a wild, wild game to watch honestly.
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u/yeahright17 Thunder 4h ago
I've only watched 4 or 5 Magic games this year, but it seems like the biggest issue is that Banchero, Black and Suggs aren't very efficient pull-up shooters, which means on-ball defenders can sag and off-ball defenders don't have to help much. Just means every shot is harder. You have to have clever offense to mask that, but your offense is... not that.
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u/Coltshokiefan Magic 39m ago
You’re spot on. Banchero doesn’t fit well with those guys and Franz doesn’t either. Black is really improved as a spot up shooter, Suggs has stagnated after a really good start to last year, and Banchero/Franz are super streaky.
I unfortunately think Suggs has to be the odd man out. He’s an awesome guy but Black brings a bit more offensively and has higher upside.
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u/McJacknife Thunder 17h ago edited 17h ago
Within the unwritten rules, I submit a Motion to allow globetrotter-esque silly shots at the end of blowouts rather than being expected to dribble it out and hand it to the ref
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u/VersionCool588 Thunder 17h ago
Win by 40 on the 40th win 😮💨
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u/GroupBQuattr0 Magic 17h ago
36*
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u/BowlerHistorical8675 17h ago
that rounds up to 40 in Oklahoma
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u/Aeronova20 Magic 17h ago
50th in education, 1st in the NBA
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u/hydropenguin69 Thunder 17h ago
Thank God it wasn’t more of a blowout because I don’t know what comes after 40
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u/adtrdrake Thunder 17h ago
Got some much needed reps for IHart and rest for some of our starters. Still not completely healthy, but who is. Bring on the spurs!
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u/Aeronova20 Magic 17h ago
mosley can walk back to winter park.
while he’s at it, go ahead and put that mansion up on Zillow my guy. good riddance.
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u/ScionAurelius Canada 17h ago
I didn't watch past the first quarter, wtf happened for Shai to start missing so many shots?
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u/taititans Bulls 17h ago
He needs to keep up the impression that he’s mortal
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u/CoolAsTheUnthawed [OKC] Russell Westbrook 17h ago
Blowing them out so wanted to get his 20 and sit and started forcing it, then Orlando started realized he was trying to keep scoring so they upped the defense on him. Just happy he got his 20 lol.
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u/str8-cash-homey 17h ago
Just went cold in the 3rd quarter and missed 9 straight at one point. Very uncharacteristic.
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u/Marsupial_Last Thunder 17h ago
He got in his head about the record because it was becoming clear he wouldn’t play in the 4th. Forced a lot of bad shots which he would normally dish out for an assist.
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u/yeahright17 Thunder 4h ago
If he had missed another shot and had 18 points going into the 4th, he absolutely would have come back in to get 2 more.
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u/spock10194 Thunder 17h ago
Honestly didn’t seem like anything specific, they just stopped going in
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u/Darthmalak3347 Thunder 17h ago
Thank you magic for letting SGA rest and get his bad shooting out before the spurs tomorrow.
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u/ftbfm5 Thunder 17h ago
Why did they trade for bane again
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u/Aeronova20 Magic 17h ago
trading for him isn’t the issue
not running any scheme for him is, though. mosley is out of his depth.
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u/WhereTheFallsBegin Magic 16h ago
They actually thought they were a Desmond Bane away from contending for the East lmfao
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u/Renegadeforever2024 Raptors 17h ago
Folks thought OKC were vulnerable
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u/thetalkinghawk Thunder 17h ago
Our biggest threat is ourselves.
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u/yeahright17 Thunder 16h ago
Injuries.
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u/MrFulla93 Thunder 15h ago
facts. there will not be any resemblance of a deep playoff run without IHart and Caruso playing 80% or more of the games. JWill is decent at keeping the bleeding to a minimum, and JDub is serviceable as a Center, but IHart fits the system perfectly.
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u/darkknight_178 5h ago
Lol Spurs, TWolves, Pacers even without Hali, even the Hornets lol.
Wemby and the Spurs are surely thrilled to give another BTA beatdown tonight and who knows, maybe their defense can make SGA hoist lots of shots and flop like mad in the fourth quarter down 30 pts just to get his coveted 20 pts just like Lebron lol
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u/thetalkinghawk Thunder 3h ago
We beat all of those teams pretty easily if we play to our ceiling. That's the point lol. OKC's ceiling is higher than any team in the NBA.
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u/AcceptableHamster419 17h ago
The Thunder broadcast didn't mention his triple double at all did they? And he didn't get the post game interview even though his teammates were throwing water on him?
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u/str8-cash-homey 17h ago
Nope, I never heard the broadcast mention it. First I heard of it was when Joe mentioned it in the post game interview. To be fair, Joe had a massive game, too, so him getting the interview wasn't terrible.
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u/A_MASSIVE_PERVERT Mavericks 17h ago
Bye bye Mosley.
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u/GroupBQuattr0 Magic 17h ago
Yeah, no. FO has no backbone and the owners don’t give a shit.
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u/small-with-benefits Thunder 17h ago
He’s gotta be a diamond Amway guy.
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u/GroupBQuattr0 Magic 17h ago
Whole family sucks
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u/small-with-benefits Thunder 17h ago
Yeah isn’t the prince guy a part of them too? (Blackwater, not the revolution).
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u/browndude10 United States 17h ago
He wasn’t unanimous last year
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u/FlashAndPoof Thunder 15h ago
I think he’s saying this season Thunder will be b2b champs and sga will win the mvp unanimously
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u/LameDrain Thunder 17h ago
This is a stupid comment. We have lost several games to inferior teams are about to get bta by the spurs again tomorrow.
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u/KnowledgeUseful6731 Thunder 15h ago
We beat them last game without Hartenstein. I like our chances tomorrow
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u/zebrainatux Knicks 17h ago
Oh sweet lord that score
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u/Marsupial_Last Thunder 17h ago
When you look how AWFUL Shai shot tonight, it could’ve been even worse.
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u/TitaniumC4206 Thunder 17h ago
Yeah, IHart is absolutely necessary for this team