Gilgeous-Alexander has 27 points, 10 assists to lead Thunder past Nets 127-101
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 27 points and 10 assists in three quarters, and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Brooklyn Nets 127-101 on Sunday night.
Gilgeous-Alexander, the NBA's leading scorer, sat out Friday’s loss at Dallas with a sprained right wrist. He looked fine against the Nets - he made 8 of 14 field goals and all 10 of his free throw attempts. He also had four steals.
Isaiah Joe scored 24 points and made eight 3-pointers for the Thunder.
The Thunder have the best record in the Western Conference, and the victory clinched Oklahoma City coach Mark Daigneault’s spot as an All-Star head coach. He will coach one of the four All-Star teams and an assistant coach from his staff will be the head coach for another team.
Cam Johnson and Tyrese Johnson each scored 15 points for the Nets, who have lost eight of nine.
Oklahoma City made 9 of 13 3-pointers in the first quarter to take a 39-19 lead. The Thunder continued to roll in the second quarter and led 69-49 at halftime. Gilgeous-Alexander and Joe each had 15 points at the break.
Oklahoma City continued to dominate in the second half, expanding its lead to 29 points in the closing minutes.
Nets: Brooklyn shot just 42.5% against the Thunder, who lead the league in defensive rating.
Thunder: Daigneault, last season's NBA Coach of the Year, might be doing a better job this year. He once again found a way to manage an injury-riddled roster and not miss a beat. Jalen Williams, Oklahoma City’s No. 2 scorer for the season, sat out this game with a strained right hip and center Isaiah Hartenstein was out with a strained left calf.
Ousmane Dieng's one-handed jam on a fast break put Oklahoma City ahead 32-7 in the first quarter. It was the highlight of an 18-0 run.
Oklahoma City shot 61.9% from the field and 61.1% from 3-point range (11 of 18) in the first half.
Nets host the New York Knicks on Tuesday, and Thunder host Utah on Wednesday.
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| Time | Team | Play | Score | |
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| 12:00 |  | Â | Nic Claxton vs. Jaylin Williams (Luguentz Dort gains possession) | Â |
| 11:37 | | Â | Ziaire Williams blocks Cason Wallace's two point pullup jump shot | Â |
| 11:33 |  | Â | Noah Clowney defensive rebound | Â |
| 11:30 | | Â | Ziaire Williams misses three point running jump shot | Â |
| 11:28 | | Â | Luguentz Dort defensive rebound | Â |
| 11:22 | | +3 | Cason Wallace makes three point jump shot (Isaiah Joe assists) | 0-3 |
| 10:54 | | Â | Cason Wallace blocks Noah Clowney's three point jump shot | Â |
| 10:54 | | Â | Nets offensive rebound | Â |
| 10:54 | | Â | Nets turnover (shot clock violation) | Â |
| 10:39 | | Â | Jaylin Williams turnover (lost ball) (Ziaire Williams steals) | Â |
| 10:34 | | Â | Jaylin Williams shooting foul (Noah Clowney draws the foul) | Â |
| 10:34 | | Â | Thunder 60 second timeout | Â |
| 10:34 | | +1 | Noah Clowney makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 1-3 |
| 10:34 | | +1 | Noah Clowney makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 2-3 |
| 10:22 | | Â | Ziaire Williams shooting foul (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander draws the foul) | Â |
| 10:22 | | +1 | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 2-4 |
| 10:22 | | +1 | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 2-5 |
| 10:13 | | Â | Cason Wallace personal foul (Nic Claxton draws the foul) | Â |
| 10:04 | | Â | D'Angelo Russell turnover (bad pass) (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander steals) | Â |
| 9:59 | | Â | Cason Wallace misses two point running layup | Â |
| 9:58 | | Â | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander offensive rebound | Â |
| 9:52 | | +3 | Isaiah Joe makes three point jump shot (Jaylin Williams assists) | 2-8 |
| 9:38 | | Â | D'Angelo Russell misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 9:35 | | Â | Isaiah Joe defensive rebound | Â |
| 9:27 | | Â | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses two point stepback jump shot | Â |
| 9:23 | | Â | Cameron Johnson defensive rebound | Â |
| 9:16 | | Â | Nic Claxton misses two point driving layup | Â |
| 9:14 | | Â | Nic Claxton offensive rebound | Â |
| 9:14 | | Â | Nic Claxton misses two point tip layup | Â |
| 9:12 | | Â | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander defensive rebound | Â |
| 9:07 | | Â | Noah Clowney blocks Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's two point running finger roll layup | Â |
| 9:04 | | Â | Cameron Johnson defensive rebound | Â |
| 8:59 | | Â | Ziaire Williams misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 8:54 | | Â | Luguentz Dort defensive rebound | Â |
| 8:40 | | Â | Noah Clowney personal foul (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander draws the foul) | Â |
| 8:33 | | +3 | Isaiah Joe makes three point jump shot (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists) | 2-11 |
| 8:18 | | Â | Ziaire Williams misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 8:15 | | Â | Jaylin Williams defensive rebound | Â |
| 8:06 | | +2 | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes two point driving dunk (Luguentz Dort assists) | 2-13 |
| 8:06 | | Â | Nets 60 second timeout | Â |
| 7:50 | | Â | D'Angelo Russell misses three point stepback jump shot | Â |
| 7:48 | | Â | Jaylin Williams defensive rebound | Â |
| 7:32 | | Â | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander turnover (bad pass) (D'Angelo Russell steals) | Â |
| 7:29 | | +2 | D'Angelo Russell makes two point running layup | 4-13 |
| 7:13 | | Â | Luguentz Dort misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 7:10 | | Â | Thunder offensive rebound | Â |
| 7:05 | | +3 | Jaylin Williams makes three point jump shot (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists) | 4-16 |
| 6:50 | | +3 | Noah Clowney makes three point stepback jump shot (D'Angelo Russell assists) | 7-16 |
| 6:37 | | +2 | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes two point driving finger roll layup | 7-18 |
| 6:17 | | Â | Jalen Wilson misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 6:14 | | Â | Cason Wallace defensive rebound | Â |
| 6:04 | | Â | Luguentz Dort misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 6:00 | | Â | Jaylin Williams offensive rebound | Â |
| 5:59 | | +3 | Isaiah Joe makes three point jump shot (Jaylin Williams assists) | 7-21 |
| 5:34 | | Â | Keon Johnson misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 5:33 | | Â | Thunder defensive rebound | Â |
| 5:21 | | Â | Luguentz Dort turnover (bad pass) (Noah Clowney steals) | Â |
| 5:15 | | Â | Noah Clowney misses three point running jump shot | Â |
| 5:12 | | Â | Jaylin Williams defensive rebound | Â |
| 5:02 | | +3 | Isaiah Joe makes three point jump shot (Jaylin Williams assists) | 7-24 |
| 5:00 | | Â | Nets 60 second timeout | Â |
| 4:36 | | Â | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander blocks Jalen Wilson's two point turnaround fadeaway jump shot | Â |
| 4:36 | | Â | Nets offensive rebound | Â |
| 4:36 | | Â | Nets turnover (shot clock violation) | Â |
| 4:23 | | Â | Keon Johnson personal foul (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander draws the foul) | Â |
| 4:08 | | Â | Isaiah Joe misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 4:05 | | Â | Tosan Evbuomwan defensive rebound | Â |
| 4:00 | | Â | Tyrese Martin misses three point running jump shot | Â |
| 3:57 | | Â | Day'Ron Sharpe offensive rebound | Â |
| 3:53 | | Â | Day'Ron Sharpe turnover (bad pass) (Branden Carlson steals) | Â |
| 3:36 | | +3 | Branden Carlson makes three point jump shot (Alex Caruso assists) | 7-27 |
| 3:27 | | Â | Isaiah Joe personal foul (Keon Johnson draws the foul) | Â |
| 3:20 | | Â | Tyrese Martin misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 3:17 | | Â | Ousmane Dieng defensive rebound | Â |
| 3:08 | | +3 | Ousmane Dieng makes three point jump shot (Branden Carlson assists) | 7-30 |
| 2:54 | | Â | Tosan Evbuomwan turnover (bad pass) (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander steals) | Â |
| 2:49 | | +2 | Ousmane Dieng makes two point running dunk (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists) | 7-32 |
| 2:33 | | Â | Jalen Wilson misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 2:29 | | Â | Branden Carlson defensive rebound | Â |
| 2:25 | | +2 | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes two point running reverse layup | 7-34 |
| 2:05 | | Â | Jalen Wilson misses two point driving hook shot | Â |
| 2:03 | | Â | Day'Ron Sharpe offensive rebound | Â |
| 2:00 | | +2 | Tyrese Martin makes two point driving layup (Day'Ron Sharpe assists) | 9-34 |
| 1:42 | | +2 | Branden Carlson makes two point driving floating jump shot (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists) | 9-36 |
| 1:26 | | +2 | Day'Ron Sharpe makes two point driving layup (Tosan Evbuomwan assists) | 11-36 |
| 1:26 | | Â | Branden Carlson shooting foul (Day'Ron Sharpe draws the foul) | Â |
| 1:26 | | +1 | Day'Ron Sharpe makes regular free throw 1 of 1 | 12-36 |
| 1:20 | | Â | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses three point stepback jump shot | Â |
| 1:14 | | Â | Tyrese Martin defensive rebound | Â |
| 1:12 | | +2 | Jalen Wilson makes two point running layup (Tyrese Martin assists) | 14-36 |
| 0:54 | | +3 | Ousmane Dieng makes three point jump shot (Aaron Wiggins assists) | 14-39 |
| 0:33 | | +3 | Jalen Wilson makes three point jump shot (Keon Johnson assists) | 17-39 |
| 0:23 | | Â | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses two point driving layup | Â |
| 0:20 | | Â | Jalen Wilson defensive rebound | Â |
| 0:02 | | Â | Keon Johnson misses two point driving layup | Â |
| 0:01 | | Â | Day'Ron Sharpe offensive rebound | Â |
| 0:01 | | +2 | Day'Ron Sharpe makes two point putback layup | 19-39 |
| 0:00 | | Â | End of period | Â |